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modernize

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
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mod=ern=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

modernizev. 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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.

ROGET THESAURUS

modernize

Newness

VB renew, modernize.


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