automatize

[aw-tom-uh-tahyz]

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verb (used with object), au·tom·a·tized, au·tom·a·tiz·ing.

to make automatic.

automate.

Also especially British, au·tom·a·tise.

Origin of automatize

First recorded in 1830–40; automat(ic) + -ize

Related formsau·tom·a·tist, nounau·tom·a·ti·za·tion, noun

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Related Words for automatize

brutalize, automate, barbarize, imbrute, robotize

British Dictionary definitions for automatize

automatize

automatise

verb

to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic

Derived Formsautomatization or automatisation, noun

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Word Origin and History for automatize

1837, "to make into an automaton;" see automaton + -ize. Meaning "to make automatic" attested by 1952. Related: Automatized; automatizing.