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machinize, v.|məˈʃiːnaɪz| [f. machine n. + -ize.] trans. To make into a machine; to reduce to the form and semblance of a machine. Hence machiniˈzation, the action or process of making into a machine; the result of the process.
1856Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 41 The traveller..reads quietly the Times newspaper, which, by its immense correspondence and reporting, seems to have machinized the rest of the world for his occasion. 1890Jrnl. Educ. 1 Aug. 423/2 [Their] admirable discipline and organization almost amount to Machinization. |