Modernize
Pronunciation : Mod"ern*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. moderniser.]
Definition : Defn: To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.
t. [imp. & p. p. Modernized; p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913