motorize

Meanings

Verb

• equip with a motor vehicle
  • "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback"
• equip with a motor
  • "motorized scooters are now the rage"
• equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
• To fit something with a motor.
• To supply something or someone with motor vehicles.
• To supply armoured vehicles; to mechanize.

Synonyms

mechanise, mechanize, motorise