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Au*tom"a*ton (&unr_;), n.; pl. L. Automata (&unr_;), E. Automatons (&unr_;). [L. fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; self-moving; &unr_; self + a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. &unr_; to strive. See Mean, v. i.] 1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Huxley.
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So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle.
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These living automata, human bodies. Boyle.
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2. A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
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