Definition of Automate

1. Verb. Make automatic or control or operate automatically. "Automate the movement of the robot"

Exact synonyms: Automatise, Automatize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Semi-automatise, Semi-automatize
Derivative terms: Automation, Automation, Automatic

Definition of Automate

1. Verb. To replace or enhance human labor with machines. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Automate

1. to convert to a system of automatic control [v -MATED, -MATING, -MATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Automate

automaker
automakers
automaking
automallet
automan
automania
automaniac
automaniacs
automap
automapping
automappings
automaps
automat
automata
automatable
automate (current term)
automated
automated clearing house
automated clearing houses
automated differential leukocyte counter
automated teller
automated teller machine
automated teller machines
automatedly
automates
automath
automaths
automatic
automatic audiometer
automatic audiometry

Literary usage of Automate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1880)
"P. automate, Burm. From Corrientes only : scarce. Settles on wet spots, in paths through woods. P. Menade, Boisd. Paraguay. Common near woods. ..."

2. French Terminologies in the Making: Studies in Conscious Contributions to by Harvey Julian Swann (1918)
"Perhaps we may say that it was in the word automaton — automate. ... During the Middle Ages and modern times the word automate was the most convenient word ..."

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