"motorize" meaning in English

See motorize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: motorizes [present, singular, third-person], motorizing [participle, present], motorized [participle, past], motorized [past]
Etymology: From motor + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|motor|ize}} motor + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} motorize (third-person singular simple present motorizes, present participle motorizing, simple past and past participle motorized)
  1. (transitive) To fit something with a motor. Tags: transitive Translations (to fit something with a motor): motoritzar (Catalan), moottoroida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-motorize-en-verb-~NgI1Imc Disambiguation of 'to fit something with a motor': 98 2 0
  2. (transitive) To supply something or someone with motor vehicles. Tags: transitive Translations (to supply with motor vehicles): motoritzar (Catalan), moottoroida (Finnish), autoistaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-motorize-en-verb-ipN8qYbX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 67 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 10 60 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 63 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 60 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 68 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 60 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 60 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 6 63 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 61 31 Disambiguation of 'to supply with motor vehicles': 2 69 29
  3. (transitive) To supply armoured vehicles; to mechanize. Tags: transitive Translations (military: to mechanize): motoritzar (Catalan), moottoroida (Finnish), mekanisoida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-motorize-en-verb-dS6s84gR Disambiguation of 'military: to mechanize': 0 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motorise Derived forms: motorizable, motorization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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