'Motorize' definitions:

Definition of 'motorize'

From: WordNet
verb
Equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback"
verb
Equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage"
verb
Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" [syn: mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise]

Definition of 'Motorize'

From: GCIDE
  • Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[=o]"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor + -ize.]
  • 1. To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). [archaic] -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. to equip (a piece of machinery) with a motor. [PJC]
  • 3. to provide with automobiles or other motor vehicles; as, a motorized army division.
  • Syn: mechanize. [PJC]