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motorise

motorise is the alternative form of motorize.

Meaning of motorize

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.
    • Most canoe aficionados would argue that motorizing a canoe removes the pleasurable aspects of traveling in one.
  2. (transitive) To supply something or someone with motor vehicles.
    • Once Jack decided to motorize his paper delivery route, he found he could reach far more subscribers.
  3. (transitive) To supply armoured vehicles; to mechanize.
    • The refit plan recommended that the first battalion be motorized to upgrade their offensive capabilities.

Forms of motorise

third-person singular presentmotorises
present participlemotorising
past participlemotorised
pastmotorised

Words formed from motorise

Questions about motorise

What is motorise the alternative form of?
Motorise is the alternative form of motorize.

Words near motorise in the dictionary

  1. motorik
  2. motoring
  3. motorings
  4. motorisation
  5. motorisations
  6. motorise
  7. motorised
  8. motorises
  9. motorising
  10. motorism
  11. motorist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: motorise (page history and authors); motorize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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