motorize

motorize
/moh"teuh ruyz'/, v.t., motorized, motorizing.
1. to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
2. to supply with motor-driven vehicles, usually in the place of horses and horse-drawn vehicles.
Also, esp. Brit., motorise.
[1910-15; MOTOR + -IZE]

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