modernize

Verb
  1. Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to (synset 200262962)
    "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"
    entail: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
    is a type of: regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
    subtypes: retrofit - substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
    same as: modernise, overhaul
  2. Become technologically advanced (synset 200411945)
    "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: develop, modernise
    verb group: build up, develop - change the use of and make available or usable

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