intransitive verb.
To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update.
intransitive verb.
To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To give a modern character or appearance to; adapt to modern persons, times, or uses; cause to conform to modern ideas or style: as, to modernize the language of an old writer. Also spelled modernise.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
verb.
To bring something up to date, or make it modern in style or function
verb.
To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways
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verb.
make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
verb.
become technologically advanced
Word Usage
"There’s an awful lot of information conveyed as Ruruna and Cain modernize their country, and I’ll likely refer to the list of “Frequently Used SQL Statements” again."