technifyv.
/ˈtɛknᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈtɛknəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To make technical; to adopt or cause to adopt technology or technical methods. Also intransitive.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > adopt doctrines, methods, or management systems [verb (intransitive)] > adopt or use technical methods
technologize1964
technify1973
1851 Knickerbocker Aug. 131 The injury that befell him was a compound fracture of the thigh-bone, or, as the surgeons technify it, a comminuted fracture.
1948 Jrnl. Ecol. 36 183 It is always undesirable to attempt to ‘technify’ a word which has the widest general significance in ordinary language.
1973 Harper's Mag. Nov. 82 They internalized their intelligence activities with headlong speed. They technified senselessly—charts, graphs, bugs, concealed cameras.
1992 Economist 8 Aug. 14/2 Nor was A the only one to get a computer. B's group was also technified at the same time.
2006 L. A. Vivanco Green Encounters ii. 40 Farmers in Monte Verde had a choice: to try to expand into new areas of production..or to increasingly technify production.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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