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modernize |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: modernize v 1: make repairs or adjustments to "You should overhaul your car engine" [syn: {overhaul}] 2: make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now highly developed"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" [syn: {civilize}, {develop}]
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