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)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of robotize.
   • 2010 June 15, Paul Lester, “Teeth (No 808)”, 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.

   • 2012 June 8, Joris Luyendijk, “Salesman for software company selling to HFT firms: 'We robotise events'”, in The Guardian‎:

     "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:

     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:

     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

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