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MOTORISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does motorise mean?
• MOTORISE (verb)
The verb MOTORISE has 1 sense:
1. equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
Familiarity information: MOTORISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they motorise ... he / she / it motorises
Past simple: motorised
Past participle: motorised
-ing form: motorising
... he / she / it motorises Past simple: motorised
Past participle: motorised
-ing form: motorising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mechanise; mechanize; motorise; motorize
Context example:
mechanize armies
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))
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