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mechanize
[ mek-uh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
mechanize
/ ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz /
verb
- to equip (a factory, industry, etc) with machinery
- to make mechanical, automatic, or monotonous
- to equip (an army, etc) with motorized or armoured vehicles
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Derived Forms
- ˈmechaˌnizer, noun
- ˌmechaniˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- mech·a·ni·za·tion [mek-, uh, -nahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- mech·a·niz·er noun
- un·mech·a·nized adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mechanize1
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Example Sentences
There hasn’t been a method to mechanize it yet, so usually both the fruit and pit get crushed together in commercial processing.
My goal has never been to over-mechanize the bookselling process.
Because they raised a single crop, the managers of the bonanza farms found it easy to systematize and mechanize their work.
But to mechanize the anchor-setting phase would destroy all that completely.
They tried to mechanize and rationalize God, but God rebelled against them.
Rural mechanics too idle to mechanize, rural servants too rebellious to serve, drifted or were forced into Mixen Lane.
Or they are reduced to a stereotyped repertory that is easy to mechanize, to automate, and finally, to do away with.
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