D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

automate

· IPA /ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/
01 v. make automatic; to change [a process] so that it is mostly automatic; to substitute machinery for human labor in an activity.
  1. 1.
    make automatic; to change [a process] so that it is mostly automatic; to substitute machinery for human labor in an activity.
Syn. automatize.