automatize

[ aw-tom-uh-tahyz ]
/ ɔˈtɒm əˌtaɪz /

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

to make automatic.
automate.

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

Origin of automatize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM automatize

au·tom·a·tist, nounau·tom·a·ti·za·tion, noun

Words nearby automatize

automatic writing, automatic-teller machine, automatically, automation, automatism, automatize, automatograph, automaton, automechanism, autometer, automobile
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Words related to automatized

brutalize, automate, barbarize, imbrute, robotize

Example sentences 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 forms of automatize

automatization or automatisation, noun
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