motorized

[moh-tuh-rahyz]

mo·tor·ize

[moh-tuh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·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
non·mo·tor·ized, adjective
un·mo·tor·ized, adjective
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Motorized is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
WordNet
motorized

adjective
1. equipped with a motor or motors; "a motorized wheelchair" [ant: hylocichla mustelina
2. using vehicles; "motorized warfare" [syn: mechanized
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