motorise

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mo⋅tor⋅ize

[moh-tuh-rahyz]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

1.	to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.

2.	to supply with motor-driven vehicles, usually in the place of horses and horse-drawn vehicles.

Also, especially British, mo⋅tor⋅ise.

Origin:
1910–15; motor + -ize

Related forms:

mo⋅tor⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

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motorise
verb
equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" [syn: mechanize]

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