modernize

IPA: mˈɑdɝnaɪz

(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
(intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways

Examples of "modernize" in Sentences

Believers find efforts to "modernize" shallow and patronizing.
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.
The $58 Billion company, United Parcel Service (UPS), is getting a taxpayer-funded $24 million gift from the State of Illinois to "modernize" a couple distribution facilities.
Chone: For SOA applications, the best way to modernize is to componentize and extend the user experience aspect of the application that will in turn enable the applications composition and mashup.
Ms. Staniforth, a longtime friend of Screaming Lord Sutch, was a rising Loony star until she set out to "modernize" the party, proposing, for example, that leaders be limited to five-year terms rather than indefinite tenures.
Furthermore -- in an apparent attempt to secure Republican support for Senate ratification of nuclear disarmament treaties -- the administration began championing a ten-year, $180 billion plan to "modernize" the U.S. nuclear weapons complex.