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  • adjective Alternative spelling of motorized. (equipped with a motor)
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of motorise.

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  • adjective equipped with a motor or motors

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Examples

  • "The regiment had just been officially motorised: which is to say that its horses had been taken away from it."

    The Guardian World News James Randerson 2011

  • The allure of Hydra is enhanced by the reality that the entire island is prohibited to any kind of motorised vehicle and only donkeys can serve as a means to transportation.

    The Allure of Hydra 2008

  • If you are looking for any kind of motorised treadmill equipment then please look here to see what is available.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2008

  • To search for particular kind of motorised treadmill or exercise running machine then you can use the menu on the left hand side or search bar at the top left.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2008

  • He wrote, The Million in rank and file on the parade ground; the Million standardised in the factory; the Million motorised—and all this only ending up with Communism and National-Socialism and the most ghastly fetters.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • Any notion that the entire exercise is anything other than heartfelt is dispelled once Russell, who had brain surgery in January, arrives from stage right, aided by a motorised wheelchair.

    Electric Proms: Elton John and Leon Russell – review Gareth Grundy 2010

  • Yesterday, as our correspondent's account made clear, an ad hoc motorised cavalry of scores of youth fighters on pick-up trucks charged at Ajdabiya, only to retreat in disarray when Gaddafi's tanks, which were dug in around the town, fired back.

    Libya: Moving targets | Editorial 2011

  • Sheep On MotorcyclesSheep – and some goats – enjoying motorised travel.

    Internet picks of the week 2011

  • A short ride in a motorised dinghy later and we wash up on the island.

    In search of Errol Flynn's Jamaica Sarfraz Manzoor 2010

  • Jimi Heselden was surprisingly little known, even in his native Leeds, until his death at the age of 62 in an accident involving one of the Segway motorised scooters which his self-made engineering firm had recently acquired the right to produce.

    Jimi Heselden obituary Martin Wainwright 2010

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