Definition of "smarten"

smarten

/ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/

verb
third-person singular simple present smartens, present participle smartening, simple past and past participle smartened
1. (transitive) To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
  Quotations
  The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.
  1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing
2. (transitive) To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.).
  Quotations
  I braced myself and smartened my pace, shouldering my way through the crowd.
  2001, Vernon Robinson, If I Should Die Before I Wake, page 264
3. (transitive) To augment with computer technology.
  Quotations
  How do we achieve this smartening of the grid? The CALM approach in the future will be to use reinforcement learning (RL) controllers as a basis for optimizing the synergy between operators and automation.
  2008, Roger Neeson Anderson, Albert Boulanger, John A. Johnson, Computer-aided Lean Management for the Energy Industry, page 335