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Definition of Modernises
1. modernise [v] - See also: modernise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modernises
Literary usage of Modernises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Economic Surveys: Turkey by OECD Staff (2004)
"This new system modernises the budgeting process according to international
standards. However, it is not immune to the difficulties common to all OECD ..."
2. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"... Dil. am. comma 178 owe] Dil. modernises to own 159 dento Q Bl. F.: dente Dil.
stupidly 166 tria] lira F. without ..."
3. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1913)
"... which corrects some misprints and verbal errors of the Bodleian folio, modernises
the spelling, and deliberately alters an occasional phrase (such as ..."
4. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1898)
"A very slight change modernises the following groan : After having sent from the
other end of the kingdom to Hookham'a for a quantity of well-chosen books, ..."
5. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1806)
"It may be observ- ri. tlat, by the help of the second term, ' 'tis Heav'n itself,'
Addison modernises the sentiment, uniting the doctrines qf Plato with our ..."
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