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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


mo⋅tor⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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mo·tor·ize   (mō'tə-rīz')   
tr.v.   mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es
  1. To equip with a motor.

  2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles.

  3. To provide with automobiles.

mo'tor·i·za'tion (-tər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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