mechanize

[ mek-uh-nahyz ]

/ ˈmɛk əˌnaɪz /

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verb (used with object), mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing.

to make mechanical.

to operate or perform by or as if by machinery.

to introduce machinery into (an industry, enterprise, etc.), especially in order to replace manual labor.

Military. to equip with tanks and other armored vehicles.

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Also especially British, mech·a·nise .

Origin of mechanize

First recorded in 1695–1705; mechan(ic) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM mechanize

mech·a·ni·za·tion

[mek-uh-nahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌmɛk ə naɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, nounmech·a·niz·er, nounun·mech·a·nized, adjective

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How to use mechanize in a sentence

With its screen raised, it looked more than anything else like a mechanized bathtub.
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Chicago was the center of meatpacking, railroads, and mechanized agriculture, the flagships of industrial capitalism.
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Highly mechanized farming has for decades depended on fossil fuel and chemicals.
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Oh, yes, did I forget to mention the mechanized conveyer belt?
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Perhaps our mechanized civilization is going to the dogs; as Scriven suspects and you and maybe I myself.
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And ringed around her at a safe distance was what seemed to be a small mechanized army corps.
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The industry is highly mechanized and has virtually eliminated hand labor.
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Highly mechanized activity tends as Emerson said to turn men into spiders and needles.
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In every adult life, a large number of these mechanized responses are absolutely essential to efficiency.
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British Dictionary definitions for mechanize

mechanize

mechanise

/ (ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to equip (a factory, industry, etc) with machinery

to make mechanical, automatic, or monotonous

to equip (an army, etc) with motorized or armoured vehicles

Derived forms of mechanize

mechanization or mechanisation, nounmechanizer or mechaniser, noun

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mechanize

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British Dictionary definitions for mechanize

mechanise

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