contemporize

[ kuh n-tem-puh-rahyz ]
/ kənˈtɛm pəˌraɪz /

verb (used with object), con·tem·po·rized, con·tem·po·riz·ing.

to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
to give a modern or contemporary character or setting to; update: The new production of Romeo and Juliet contemporizes it as the love of two modern teenagers in a Chicago high school.

verb (used without object), con·tem·po·rized, con·tem·po·riz·ing.

to be contemporary.
Also especially British, con·tem·po·rise.

Origin of contemporize

1640–50; < Late Latin contempor- (stem of contemporāre to be at the same time), equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -ize

Words nearby contemporize

contemplative, contemplative order, contempo, contemporaneous, contemporary, contemporize, contempt, contempt of congress, contempt of court, contemptible, contemptuous

British Dictionary definitions for contemporise

contemporize

contemporise

/ (kənˈtɛmpəˌraɪz) /

verb

to be or make contemporary; synchronize