mo|tor|ize

mo|tor|ize
mo|tor|ize «MOH tuh ryz», transitive verb, -ized, -iz|ing.
1. to furnish with a motor or motors: »

The Danville voyageurs…rode in a motorized “box car” (Baltimore Sun).

2. to equip with motor-driven vehicles in place of horses and horse-drawn vehicles.
3. to equip (infantry) with motor-driven transport vehicles, especially trucks, but not to alter the nature of their weapons.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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