magnetize

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Magnetize two sewing-needles as equally as possible, by rubbing them over the pole of a magnet an equal number of times.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

Magnetize two harness-needles, and stick them into a cork so that the poles shall be arranged as shown.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

Magnetize a needle by drawing one of the poles of the magnet from end to end of the needle, always in the same direction, about twenty times.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Magnetize your body by walking thru the dew barefooted, by sleeping on the grass, or half buried in the sand.

From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene