modernize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

modernize
    v 1: make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to;
         "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health
         care system" [syn: {overhaul}, {modernize}, {modernise}]
    2: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are
       now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing
       rapidly" [syn: {modernize}, {modernise}, {develop}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]