Hypertext Webster Gateway: "modernize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Modernize \Mod"ern*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modernized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Modernizing}.] [Cf. F. moderniser.]
To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to
cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
--Percy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
modernize
v 1: make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your
car engine" [syn: {overhaul}, {modernise}]
2: make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in
Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is
modernizing rapidly" [syn: {civilize}, {civilise}, {modernise},
{develop}]
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