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robotise en · VERB

Etymology

From robot + -ise.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of robotize.
   alt of robotize
   • Journalism is not equivalent to hiring a taxi or robotising a repetitive assembly line task or renting a holiday home. It is a creative activity that cherishes democracy by holding power to account. 2015 April 7, Roy Greenslade, “Democracy will die if professional journalists go to the wall”, in The Guardian:
   • "We robotise events, you might say. What we don't like is journalists trying to write beautifully. […] 2012 June 8, Joris Luyendijk, “Salesman for software company selling to HFT firms: 'We robotise events'”, in The Guardian:
   • The "Becoming Real" remix of the track adds dubby space and bleeps to the mix and computerises the draggy beat and robotises the vocals – Veronica appears to be chanting "black lesbian" over and over, which is cool. 2010 June 15, Paul Lester, “Teeth (No 808)”, in The Guardian:
   • I put in my card, pressed a few buttons and the robotised order-picking system delivered my coffee. Not a barista in sight. 2017 February 2, Giles Fraser, “Robots can take our jobs, but they will never render obsolete our love”, in The Guardian:

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