contemporize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
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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)
verb
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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“This gives us the opportunity to reimagine and contemporize coverage.”
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023
Next on her agenda, she plans to contemporize works of Memphis-based photographer Ernest Withers for an upcoming show and to explore interactive and participatory art in her practice.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2023
“Howard has a rich legacy. … My responsibility is to contemporize that and to bring faculty to the university who are in the contemporary space, speaking to present-day issues.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2021
Don’t get me wrong: The changes contemporize the tale and varnish it with another layer of realism.
From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020
Such estates seem to defy Time's tooth, and by conditions which take hold of the indestructible earth seem to contemporize their fee-simples with eternity.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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