| v. t. | 1. | To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. |
| Verb | 1. | modernize - make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine" |
| 2. | modernize - become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" |