Motorize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[=o]"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor +
     -ize.]
     1. To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for
        the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department,
        city, etc.). [archaic] -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     2. to equip (a piece of machinery) with a motor.
        [PJC]
  
     3. to provide with automobiles or other motor vehicles; as, a
        motorized army division.
  
     Syn: mechanize.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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" [syn: {mechanize}, {mechanise}, {motorise}]