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modernize

Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

mod=ern=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

modernize(v = verb.change) modernise, overhaul - make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

is one way to regenerate, renew

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

modernize(v = verb.change) develop, modernise - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

is one way to change

Derived form noun modernization₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

modernize, v. t. [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]

modernize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. make modern; adapt to modern needs or habits.
2 intr. adopt modern ways or views.

Derivative

modernization n. modernizer n.

VB renew, modernize.

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