MECHANIZE


Meaning of MECHANIZE in English

ˈmekəˌnīz transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Usage: see -ize

Etymology: mechan- + -ize

1. : to give the quality or structure of a machine to: as

a. archaic : to reduce to orderly systematic method or procedure

b. : to render automatic or routine : impart a deadening monotony to : deprive of spontaneity

Americans have mechanized their emotions and standardized their ideas — W.G.Carleton

2.

a. : to equip with machinery ; especially : to substitute mechanical processes for human or animal labor in

shuts down marginal coal mines and mechanizes many of the rest, with resultant unemployment for miners — E.A.Lahey

b. : to equip (a military force) with armed and armored motor vehicles (as tanks and self-propelled cannon) — distinguished from motorize

c. : to provide with mechanical power

mechanized weapons

3.

a. : to produce or reproduce by machine (an effect normally or basically produced directly by man)

an enormous advantage … over the more mechanized stimuli of the motion picture — Marc Connelly

now music is mechanized in its full tonal range — Siegfried Giedion

b. : to devise or create with undue reliance on technique or mechanics

fail because of an application of formula, call it mechanized plotting — W.T.Scott

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