Contextualizebeta

contemporize

verb

Etymology

From contemporary + -ize.

  1. derived from con- — “with, together”
  2. borrowed from contemporārius
  3. suffixed as contemporize — “contemporary + ize”

Definitions

  1. To bring up to date

    To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context

    • In the few instances where the initial description is couched in the past tense, immediate reversal occurs and the scene is contemporized by the listener.

  2. To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way…

    To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way that appeals to contemporary consumers.

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Derived

contemporization

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for contemporize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA