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Adjective: motorised  'mow-tu,rIzd
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: motorized)
  1. Equipped with a motor or motors
    "a motorised wheelchair";
    - motorized, motored
     
  2. Using vehicles
    "motorised warfare";
    - mechanized, mechanised [Brit], motorized
Verb: motorise  'mow-tu,rIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: motorize)
  1. Equip with a motor
    "motorised scooters are now the rage";
    - motorize
     
  2. Equip with a motor vehicle
    "The police around here are not motorised and patrol the streets on horseback";
    - motorize
     
  3. Equip with armed and armoured motor vehicles
    "The army motorised its infantry units";
    - mechanize, mechanise [Brit], motorize

See also: bimotored, mobile, trimotored

Type of: equip, fit, fit out, outfit

Encyclopedia: Motorised