Mechanises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of making something operate using machinery or technology
2. The act of implementing mechanization to improve efficiency in production
3. Transforming tasks into automated operations through the use of machines

Etymology: "Mechanises" is the third-person singular present of "mechanise", the British spelling of "mechanize", a verb meaning to equip something with machinery or to make it operate by machines. The root is "mechanic", from Greek "mēkhanikos", "of machines", which comes from "mēkhanē", "contrivance" or "device". The verb itself is built on the noun "mechanism" with the suffix "-ize", which turns a noun into a verb meaning to make or treat in a certain way. The word's history in English is mostly a story of the Industrial Revolution, when factories and farms began replacing hand labour with powered equipment. Its present sense, implementing machinery to raise efficiency in production, follows directly from that older meaning of equipping things with machines.

Synonyms: mechanizes, automates, industrializes, motorizes, robotizes

Antonyms: manualizes, handcrafts, deindustrializes