Modernize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Modernize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Modernize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
modernize v make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system" Synonym(s): overhaul, modernize, modernise become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" Synonym(s): modernize, modernise, develop
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.