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contemporize
[ kuhn-tem-puh-rahyz ]
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.
contemporize
/ kənˈtɛmpəˌraɪz /
verb
- to be or make contemporary; synchronize
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Origin of contemporize1
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