robotise

See also: robotisé

English

Etymology

From robot +‎ -ise.

Verb

robotise (third-person singular simple present robotises, present participle robotising, simple past and past participle robotised)

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of robotize.
- 2010 June 15, Paul Lester, “Teeth (No 808)”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  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.
- 2012 June 8, Joris Luyendijk, “Salesman for software company selling to HFT firms: 'We robotise events'”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:
  "We robotise events, you might say. What we don't like is journalists trying to write beautifully. […]
- 2015 April 7, Roy Greenslade, “Democracy will die if professional journalists go to the wall”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:
  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.
- 2017 February 2, Giles Fraser, “Robots can take our jobs, but they will never render obsolete our love”, in The Guardian‎^[4]:
  I put in my card, pressed a few buttons and the robotised order-picking system delivered my coffee. Not a barista in sight.

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: robotisent, robotises

Verb

robotise

inflection of robotiser:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative