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Automatous

Automatous \Au*tom"a*tous\, a. [L. automatus, Gr. ?. See Automaton.] Automatic. [Obs.] ``Automatous organs.''
--Sir T. Browne.

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automatous

a. (obsolete form of automatic English)

Usage examples of "automatous".

They who are merely carried on by the Wheel of such inclinations, without the Hand and Guidance of Sovereign Reason, are but the Automatous part of mankind, rather lived than living, or at least underliving themselves.