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MOTORISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they motorise ... he / she / it motorises
Past simple: motorised
-ing form: motorising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
Example:
mechanize armies
Synonyms:
mechanise; mechanize; motorise; motorize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "motorise" is one way to...):
equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
motorisation (the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles))