Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To convert to automatic operation.
- intransitive verb To control or operate by automation.
- intransitive verb To make use of or be converted to automation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb make automatic; to change [a process] so that it is mostly automatic; to substitute machinery for human labor in an activity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb   To replace or enhance humanlabor withmachines .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make automatic or control or operate automatically
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								The other reason to automate is to get people out of the system. 
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								Knowing the right time to automate is tough, so using technology that proactively supports early manual testing but provides a path to evolve this into automation is key. 
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								The simplest, most effective way to pay yourself first is to "automate" savings. 
whichbe commented on the word automate
What a creepy word.
December 30, 2008 
			
		
	
bilby commented on the word automate
Now that I think about it, yeah.
December 30, 2008