Self-excite
Pronunciation : Self`-ex*cite"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.
t. (Elec.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913