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automatize

[ aw-tom-uh-tahyz ]
/ ɔˈtɒm əˌtaɪz /
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verb (used with object), au·tom·a·tized, au·tom·a·tiz·ing.

to make automatic.
automate.

RELATED WORDS

brutalize, automate, barbarize, imbrute, robotize

Nearby words

automatic-teller machine, automatically, automation, automatism, automatization, automatize, automatograph, automaton, automechanism, autometer, automobile
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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Examples from the Web for automatized

  • Certain things must be looked for, certain habits must be formed, certain movements must be automatized.

    The Science of Human Nature|William Henry Pyle

  • Our automatized factories produce the same goods for us year in and year out.

    The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley

  • By itself, that was not so very odd—the automatized factory had never had very many persons in it.

    The Tunnel Under The World|Frederik Pohl

British Dictionary definitions for automatized

automatize

automatise

/ (ɔːˈtɒməˌtaɪz) /

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 automatized

automatize

v.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper