Associations to the word «Motorize»

Wiktionary

MOTORIZE, verb. (transitive) To fit something with a motor.
MOTORIZE, verb. (transitive) To supply something or someone with motor vehicles.
MOTORIZE, verb. (transitive) To supply armoured vehicles; to mechanize.

Dictionary definition

MOTORIZE, verb. Equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback".
MOTORIZE, verb. Equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage".
MOTORIZE, verb. Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats