Lexic.us

Definition of Mechanize

1. Verb. Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles. "Mechanize armies"

2. Verb. Make monotonous; make automatic or routine. "If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!"

3. Verb. Make mechanical. "Mechanize the procedure"

Definition of Mechanize

1. v. t. To cause to be mechanical.

Definition of Mechanize

1. Verb. To equip something with machinery. ¹

2. Verb. To equip a military unity with tanks and other armed vehicles. ¹

3. Verb. To make something routine, automatic or monotonous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mechanize

1. [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mechanize

mechanised mechanises mechanising mechanism mechanism-based inhibitor mechanisms mechanist mechanistic mechanistic school mechanistically

mechanists mechanizability mechanizable mechanization mechanizations mechanize (current term) mechanized mechanized cavalry mechanized infantry mechanizer

mechanizers mechanizes mechanizing mechano- mechano-gated mechanobullous disease mechanocardiography mechanochemical mechanochemistry mechanocyte

Literary usage of Mechanize

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

1. A Textbook in the History of Modern Elementary Education: With Emphasis on by Samuel Chester Parker (1912)
"Pestalozzi desired to mechanize instruction. — With Pestalozzi this principle was bound up with his desire to mechanize instruction. ..."

2. A Textbook in the History of Modern Elementary Education: With Emphasis on by Samuel Chester Parker (1912)
"Pestalozzi desired to mechanize instruction. — With Pestalozzi this principle was bound up with his desire to mechanize instruction. ..."

3. Principles and Methods of Teaching Arithmetic by James Robert Overman (1920)
"... and centers the attention on the abstract fact or process being repeated, and so it will undoubtedly fix and mechanize in the shortest possible time. ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"383. mechanize (mek'anïz), vt; prêt, and pp. mechanized, ppr. mechanising. ... Our European mechanize™ are a sect of boundless diffusion, activity, ..."

5. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Teachers' Association, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1882)
"It is said we should not mechanize knowledge. Why not, when the knowledge is mechanical? It is a sign of a weak mind when the child cannot learn, ..."

6. The Art of Study: A Manual for Teachers and Students of the Science and the by Burke Aaron Hinsdale (1900)
"l Many attempts have been made by distinguished men to mechanize ... The attempt to mechanize instruction is part of the monstrous error that free minds can ..."

7. Principles of Educational Practice by Paul Klapper (1912)
"Although repetition is an obvious essential in the process of habituation, it is nevertheless neglected in teaching which seeks to mechanize knowledge or ..."

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