Modernize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  modernize
       v 1: make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your
            car engine" [syn: {overhaul}, {modernise}]
       2: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are
          now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is
          modernizing rapidly" [syn: {modernise}, {develop}]