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Motorize (Verb)

Equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

The company decided to motorize their delivery fleet to improve efficiency and speed.
Villages in the mountains are often hard to reach and cannot be motorized easily due to their locations.
Some cities have begun to motorize their bicycle rental programs to accommodate a wider range of users.
The small town where I live was the last in the region to be motorized, with paved roads built just a few years ago.
Years ago, the park rangers used to patrol the woods on horseback, but now the team has been motorized to respond quickly to emergencies.

Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

A manual wheelchair can be expensive to motorize and most insurance companies do not cover this conversion.
The city has started a plan to motorize its public transportation system.
Because of safety concerns, the city council decided not to motorize the hiking trail system.
In order to increase productivity, the farm decided to motorize its irrigation system.
The company set out to motorize bicycles to make an environmentally friendly mode of transportation.