{ } a. [ L. motorius that has motion. See Motor, n. ] Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to motor cars or automobiles, or to the technology of such; addicted to riding in or driving automobiles; as, motoring parlance; my motoring friend. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the act or recreation of riding in or driving a motor car or automobile. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. motorization. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. same as motorize. [ Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).
Syn. -- motorisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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]

adj. 1. same as motored; as, a motorized wheelchair. Opposite of unmotorized. [ Narrower terms: bimotored ; trimotored ]
Syn. -- motored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Equipped with vehicles to permit rapid movement from place to place.
Syn. -- mechanized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]