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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mod·ern·ize /ˈmɑdɚ/
 (vi.)現代化,近代化(vt.)使現代化

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mod·ern·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modernized p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing ]  To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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