Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Popular Searches
Nearby Words

contemporise

 - 1 dictionary result

con⋅tem⋅po⋅rize

  [kuhn-tem-puh-rahyz] verb, -rized, -riz⋅ing.
Use contemporise in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
2. 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)
3. to be contemporary.
Also, especially British, con⋅tem⋅po⋅rise.

Origin:
1640–50; < LL contempor- (s. of contemporāre to be at the same time), equiv. to con- con- + tempor- (s. of tempus time) + -ize
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To contemporise
Search another word or see contemporise on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way