overhaul, modernize, modernise
(verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; “You should overhaul your car engine”; “overhaul the health care system”
modernize, modernise, develop
(verb) become technologically advanced; “Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace”; “Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
modernise (third-person singular simple present modernises, present participle modernising, simple past and past participle modernised)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernize
• demersion, demoniser, demonries, domineers, neodermis
Source: Wiktionary
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
