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

See also: bimotored, mobile, trimotored

Type of: equip, fit, fit out, outfit

Encyclopedia: Motorized