mechanize, mechanise
(verb) make mechanical; “mechanize the procedure”
mechanize, mechanise
(verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine; “If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!”
mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise
(verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; “mechanize armies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mechanize (third-person singular simple present mechanizes, present participle mechanizing, simple past and past participle mechanized)
To equip something with machinery.
To equip a military unit with tanks and other armed vehicles.
To make something routine, automatic or monotonous.
Source: Wiktionary
Mech"an*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mechanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mechanizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. méchaniser.]
Definition: To cause to be mechanical. Shelley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2024
(noun) freedom of choice; “liberty of opinion”; “liberty of worship”; “liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases”; “at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
