Definition of Modernising

1. Verb. (present participle of modernise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Modernising

1. modernise [v] - See also: modernise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Modernising

modern pentathlon
modern physics
modern times
modern world
moderner
modernes
modernest
modernisable
modernisation
modernisations
modernise
modernised
moderniser
modernisers
modernises
modernising (current term)
modernism
modernisms
modernist
modernista
modernistas
modernistic
modernists
modernities
modernity
modernizable
modernization
modernizations
modernize
modernized

Literary usage of Modernising

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Evolution of Modern Germany by William Harbutt Dawson (1911)
"... of Germany—The triumph of materialism—Fichte's repudiation of world-ambitions—Effect of the French War—The modernising of the schools—Professors Paulsen ..."

2. Idola Theatri: A Criticism of Oxford Thought and Thinkers from the by Henry Cecil Sturt, ( (1906)
"There are two ways of modernising Hegel, of which Prof. Bosanquet has chosen the more difficult and more aspiring. One is to keep as much of the essentials ..."

3. Politicians and Apartheid: Trailing in the People's Wake by John Gardner (1997)
"Reform of influx control: dismantling or modernising apartheid? During the 1970s it was clear that the government was losing the battle to reduce the number ..."

4. The Motor Car: A Practical Manual for the Use of Students and Motor Car Owners by Robert W. A. Brewer (1909)
"modernising A MOTOR CAR. THERE must be quite a number of motorists in this country at the present time who took up the pastime in the earlier stages of the ..."

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