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English Dictionary: motorize by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motorize
v
  1. equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback"
  2. equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage"
  3. equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies"
    Synonym(s): mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[omac]"t[etil]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor +
      -ize.]
      To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the
      horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city,
      etc.). -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n.
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