v.
Pronunciation: ' mä-d ə r- ˌ n ī z
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz · ing
Date: 1748
transitive verb : to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage)
intransitive verb : to adopt modern ways
– mod · ern · iz · er noun
v.
Pronunciation: ' mä-d ə r- ˌ n ī z
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz · ing
Date: 1748
transitive verb : to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage)
intransitive verb : to adopt modern ways
– mod · ern · iz · er noun
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012