D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Modernize

/mäd'-ẽrn-īzˌ/ · Mod·ern·ize · IPA /ˈmɑdɚnaɪz/
01 v. t. To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
imp. & p. p. Modernized; p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing
  1. 1.
    To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.