contemporize
/kənˈtɛmpəˌraɪz/
verb
- To make something modern or current in style, design, or character.
- The chef contemporized traditional recipes with new cooking techniques.
- She contemporized the classic fairy tale by setting it in a futuristic city.
- The museum decided to contemporize its exhibits to attract younger visitors.
- To place something in a contemporary or modern context; to interpret or represent as belonging to the same time period.
- Historians often contemporize ancient events to help students relate to them.
- Artists sometimes contemporize historical figures by dressing them in modern clothes.
- The film contemporizes Shakespeare's play by using modern language and settings.
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