mechanizev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛkənʌɪz/,

/ˈmɛkn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1600s– mechanize, 1800s– mechanise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mechanic adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < mechan- (in mechanic adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare Middle French, French méchaniser to carry out a manual occupation (1571), to debase, depreciate (1580), to make like a machine (1823), German mechanisieren (1794 in Goethe).

I. To make mechanical.

1. transitive. To make mechanical; to give a mechanical character to; to bring into a mechanical state or condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > like a machine

mechanize1675

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)] > give mechanical character to

mechanize1675

1675 T. Beverley Great Soul of Man 43 Whether they are any more than matter mechanized with highest and most curious skill.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. ii. 99 God can so mechanize matter, as to make it capable of doing some things that [etc.].

1795 S. T. Coleridge Conciones ad Populum 32 A system of fundamental Reform will scarcely be effected by massacres mechanized into Revolution.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 80/1 Cannot he..mechanise them [sc. motives] to grind the other way?

1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xviii. 279 You cannot mechanise benevolence.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude in Wks. (1906) III. 21 Raphael paints wisdom: Handel sings it,..Shakspeare writes it,..Watt mechanizes it.

1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany I. 127 He [sc. the artisan] is mechanised.

1933 Science 27 Jan. 107/1 There is the fear that group practice and group purchase would mechanize medicine and wipe out the essential personal relationship between physician and patient.

1950 W. Lewis Ess. on Art (1989) 362 His rôle of ‘interpreter of industrial civilization’ ended about 1924, though everything remains mechanized, including the stock woman with tubular limbs and body.

1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 120/1 By mechanizing the drawing and releasing of the arrow, however, the catapult inventors made possible the construction of much more powerful bows.

a. transitive. To introduce machinery in or into (a factory, industrial process, etc.); to change to a mechanical form of working; to provide with machines.

ΚΠ

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 538 The very process by which work had been subdivided and mechanized to fit [women's] powers and limitations..wiped away traditions of apprenticeship.

1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 286/2 The spreading of farmyard manure and other winter jobs have been mechanized.

1979 W. Golding Darkness Visible (1980) iv. 58 He started as a porter in a sweet factory which was small enough not to be mechanized.

1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) ix. 216 The process has been highly mechanized so that uniform quality can be maintained.

b. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (intransitive)]

mechanize1968

1968 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 28 728 The bill of particulars is a familiar one: reluctance to mechanize initially and later to scrap and up-grade; adoption of a leisurely pace of production [etc.].

1976 New Society 10 June 562/3 But the labour intensive character of the Post Office could be reduced with a more zealous drive to mechanise.

1989 P. Daniel in C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 49/1 Only in the 1960s did the flue-cured tobacco culture mechanize to any extent.

3. transitive. Military. To equip (an army or force) with motorized vehicles, originally as substitutes for horse-drawn vehicles and cavalry. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)]

mechanicalize1862

mechanize1942

society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > provide with mechanical weapons

mechanize1942

1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 21 The yeomanry..had recently been mechanized, in the sense that they had had their horses removed; few of them had ever seen a tank.

1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 412/2 The Germans had broken abruptly with the past by mechanizing their artillery.

1985 C. Seymour-Ure & J. Schoff David Low ii. 136 Cavalry should continue to wear their traditional uniform and spurs even when they were mechanised.

II. Occasional uses.

†4. intransitive. To work as a mechanic, to work with machinery. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge xxxvi, in Graphic 17 Apr. 422/2 Rural mechanics too idle to mechanise, rural servants too rebellious to serve.

5. intransitive. To move mechanically.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 71 Why loosened I olden control here To mechanize skywards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mechanize
释义	mechanizev. Brit. /ˈmɛkənʌɪz/, /ˈmɛkn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1600s– mechanize, 1800s– mechanise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mechanic adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < mechan- (in mechanic adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare Middle French, French méchaniser to carry out a manual occupation (1571), to debase, depreciate (1580), to make like a machine (1823), German mechanisieren (1794 in Goethe). I. To make mechanical. 1. transitive. To make mechanical; to give a mechanical character to; to bring into a mechanical state or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > like a machine mechanize1675 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)] > give mechanical character to mechanize1675 1675 T. Beverley Great Soul of Man 43 Whether they are any more than matter mechanized with highest and most curious skill. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. ii. 99 God can so mechanize matter, as to make it capable of doing some things that [etc.]. 1795 S. T. Coleridge Conciones ad Populum 32 A system of fundamental Reform will scarcely be effected by massacres mechanized into Revolution. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 80/1 Cannot he..mechanise them [sc. motives] to grind the other way? 1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xviii. 279 You cannot mechanise benevolence. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude in Wks. (1906) III. 21 Raphael paints wisdom: Handel sings it,..Shakspeare writes it,..Watt mechanizes it. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany I. 127 He [sc. the artisan] is mechanised. 1933 Science 27 Jan. 107/1 There is the fear that group practice and group purchase would mechanize medicine and wipe out the essential personal relationship between physician and patient. 1950 W. Lewis Ess. on Art (1989) 362 His rôle of ‘interpreter of industrial civilization’ ended about 1924, though everything remains mechanized, including the stock woman with tubular limbs and body. 1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 120/1 By mechanizing the drawing and releasing of the arrow, however, the catapult inventors made possible the construction of much more powerful bows. 2. a. transitive. To introduce machinery in or into (a factory, industrial process, etc.); to change to a mechanical form of working; to provide with machines. ΚΠ 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 538 The very process by which work had been subdivided and mechanized to fit [women's] powers and limitations..wiped away traditions of apprenticeship. 1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 286/2 The spreading of farmyard manure and other winter jobs have been mechanized. 1979 W. Golding Darkness Visible (1980) iv. 58 He started as a porter in a sweet factory which was small enough not to be mechanized. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) ix. 216 The process has been highly mechanized so that uniform quality can be maintained. b. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (intransitive)] mechanize1968 1968 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 28 728 The bill of particulars is a familiar one: reluctance to mechanize initially and later to scrap and up-grade; adoption of a leisurely pace of production [etc.]. 1976 New Society 10 June 562/3 But the labour intensive character of the Post Office could be reduced with a more zealous drive to mechanise. 1989 P. Daniel in C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 49/1 Only in the 1960s did the flue-cured tobacco culture mechanize to any extent. 3. transitive. Military. To equip (an army or force) with motorized vehicles, originally as substitutes for horse-drawn vehicles and cavalry. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)] mechanicalize1862 mechanize1942 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > provide with mechanical weapons mechanize1942 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 21 The yeomanry..had recently been mechanized, in the sense that they had had their horses removed; few of them had ever seen a tank. 1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 412/2 The Germans had broken abruptly with the past by mechanizing their artillery. 1985 C. Seymour-Ure & J. Schoff David Low ii. 136 Cavalry should continue to wear their traditional uniform and spurs even when they were mechanised. II. Occasional uses. †4. intransitive. To work as a mechanic, to work with machinery. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge xxxvi, in Graphic 17 Apr. 422/2 Rural mechanics too idle to mechanise, rural servants too rebellious to serve. 5. intransitive. To move mechanically.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 71 Why loosened I olden control here To mechanize skywards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1675
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