(v.t.) To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). modernize. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/modernize/definitions/2033740 |
| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "modernize" http://smartdefine.org/modernize/definitions/2033740 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
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| MLA | Webster's. "modernize" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/modernize/definitions/2033740> |