Definitions for: Modernize


[v] make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"
[v] become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: develop, modernise, overhaul

See Also: bushel, change, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, regenerate, renew, repair, restore, retrofit, touch on

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