mechanize
mechanize Lexical Profile
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• verb
To introduce machines or automatic devices into a process, industry, or place, especially to replace manual labor.
"The agricultural cooperative decided to mechanize the harvesting process to increase crop yields and reduce physical strain on workers."
To equip a military unit with armored vehicles, tanks, and motorized transport.
"Between the two world wars, several nations worked rapidly to mechanize their infantry divisions."
To make something routine, automatic, or mechanical in character, often depriving it of spontaneity or human feeling.
"Critics argued that rigid standardized testing would mechanize classroom instruction and stifle student creativity."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 18th century from 'mechanic' or 'mechanism' (ultimately from Ancient Greek mēkhanē, meaning 'contrivance' or 'machine') combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ize'.