mechanize
verb (used with object)
to make mechanical.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Among the reasons: over 90% of the locomotives now on order are oil-burning; oil-burners are being installed in homes at a record clip, and farmers are mechanizing their farms at a record rate.
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