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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: automation

automate

 verb
     
Related topics: Computers
au‧to‧mate [transitive]
TD to start using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people:
Cash machines automate two basic functions of a bank - deposits and withdrawals.
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