motored

[ moh-terd ]

adjective

1. having a motor or motors, especially of a specified number or type (usually used in combination):

   a bimotored airplane.

-motored

adjective

1. in combination having a specified type of motor or number of motors

Other Words From

• multi·motored adjective
• un·motored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of motored¹

First recorded in 1925–30; motor + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Colbert motored through the entire shoot, never requiring so much as a second take or flubbing a line.

From The Daily Beast

A few minutes later, a man in a 1990s Ford Probe motored up to the scene, smoking a long cigarette.

From The Daily Beast

In the evening, crossed the glassy bay and motored to pay a double-barrelled visit to the Military and Civil Governors.

From Project Gutenberg

The Fords had motored her up to town to see the celebrations and to go to a ball at one of the big hotels that night.

From Project Gutenberg

Tiny Moth planes stood wing to wing with huge tri-motored cabin ships that would hold a dozen passengers each.

From Project Gutenberg

They call their smaller single-motored machines their "avions de rglage," or "regulating aeroplanes."

From Project Gutenberg

One morning during the time that I was stationed in that district I motored over to see him.

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