contemporize
Use Contemporize in a sentence
pəˌraɪz 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.
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| —vb | |
| to be or make contemporary; synchronize | |
| contemporise or contemporise | |
| —vb | |
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Example sentences
Contemporize the code to prevent an obsolete model due to platform incompatibility.
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