neoterize

/niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz/

Etymology

Since the 1870s; from Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (from νεώτερος (neṓteros, “newer”)). By surface analysis, neoteric + -ize.

verb

To neologize, to coin as a new word.
To modernize.