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• fac|tor|ize — «FAK tuh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. Mathematics. to resolve into factors. 2. U.S. Law. to garnishee …   Useful english dictionary

• 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• or|a|tor|ize — «AWR uh tuh ryz, OR », intransitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to play the orator; orate …   Useful english dictionary

• pas|tor|al|ize — «PAS tuhr uh lyz, PAHS », transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to make pastoral or rural: »The [Morgenthau] plan proposed to destroy all German industry and pastoralize the nation (Time). 2. to make the subject or theme of a pastoral; celebrate in a …   Useful english dictionary

• re|flec|tor|ize — «rih FLEHK tuh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to treat with a substance that reflects light at night: »to reflectorize road signs, reflectorized cloth …   Useful english dictionary

• tran|sis|tor|ize — «tran ZIHS tuh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to equip or reduce in size, with transistors …   Useful english dictionary

• motorized — mo|tor|ized [ moutə,raızd ] adjective 1. ) fitted with an engine, often as an extra benefit: a motorized wheelchair 2. ) using motor vehicles: soldiers from a motorized division ╾ mo|tor|ize verb transitive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• motorized — mo|tor|ized also motorised BrE [ˈməutəraızd US ˈmou ] adj [only before noun] 1.) having an engine used especially when something does not usually have an engine ▪ a motorized wheelchair 2.) BrE a motorized group of soldiers is one that uses motor …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• transistorized — tran|sis|tor|ized [ træn zıstə,raızd ] adjective TECHNICAL made smaller by using TRANSISTORS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• nonmotorized — non•mo′tor•ized adj …   From formal English to slang