v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Modernized p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing ] [ Cf. F. moderniser. ] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy. [ 1913 Webster ]
[富国强兵 / 富國強兵, fù guó qiáng bīng, ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄥ]lit. rich country, strong soldiers; a slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (make the country wealthy and the military powerful, Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyouhei)#85661[Add to Longdo]