Verb: motorize 'mow-tu,rIz
- Equip with a motor
"motorized scooters are now the rage";
- motorise [Brit]
- Equip with a motor vehicle
"The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback";
- motorise [Brit]
- Equip with armed and armoured motor vehicles
"The army motorized its infantry divisions";
- mechanize, mechanise [Brit], motorise [Brit]
Derived forms: motorizing, motorizes, motorized