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motorize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb motorize has 3 senses
- motorize(v = verb.possession) Array - equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback" is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
- motorize(v = verb.possession) Array - equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage" is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
- motorize(v = verb.change) mechanise, mechanize, motorise - equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Derived forms noun motor1, noun motorization1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun motor1, noun motorization1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun motor1, noun motorization1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
motorize, v. t. [Motor + -ize.].
- To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- to equip (a piece of machinery) with a motor. [PJC]
- to provide with automobiles or other motor vehicles; as, a motorized army division. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
motorize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 equip (troops etc.) with motor transport.
2 provide with a motor for propulsion etc.
1 equip (troops etc.) with motor transport.
2 provide with a motor for propulsion etc.
Derivative
motorization n.
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