modernize Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
overhaul; modernise.
- You should overhaul your car engine
- overhaul the health care system
verb become technologically advanced
develop; modernise.
- Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
- Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly

Cf. F. moderniser.

imperfect & past participle Modernized ; present participle & verbal noun Modernizing

To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.