Modernizing

Modernizing
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. [1913 Webster]

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