automate
verb/ˈɔː.tə.meɪt/UK/ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/US/ˈoː.tə.mæɪt/
Etymology
Back-formation from automation.
Definitions
To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
- Many offices still need to automate.
- We saved time and money by automating the process.
- In the early '60's a Yoyodyne executive living near L.A. and located someplace in the corporate root-system above supervisor but below vice-president, found himself, at age 39, automated out of a job.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for automate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA