MODERNIZATION
Mod`ern*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
MODERNIZE
Mod"ern*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modernized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Modernizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. moderniser.]
Defn: To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.
MODERNIZER
Mod"ern*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who modernizes.
MODERNLY
Mod"ern*ly, adv.
Defn: In modern times. Milton.
MODERNNESS
Mod"ern*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M.
Arnold.