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computerize

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Latin computārelbor.
French computerbor.
English compute
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English computer
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English computerize

    From computer + -ize.

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    computerize (third-person singular simple present computerizes, present participle computerizing, simple past and past participle computerized)

    1. (transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
    2. (transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
    3. (transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
    4. (intransitive) To become computerlike.
      • 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
        I wonder how human she is. These are the days when computers humanize and humans computerize.

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