contextualize
/kənˈtɛkstʃuəlaɪz/
verb
- To place or consider something in its proper context, providing the surrounding circumstances or background that give it meaning.
- To understand the politician's comment, you need to contextualize it with the events of that week.
- Historians work to contextualize ancient artifacts by studying the culture that created them.
- The teacher asked students to contextualize the poem within the historical period it was written.