con·tem·po·rize [ kən témpə rz ](past and past participlecon·tem·po·rized, present participlecon·tem·po·riz·ing, 3rd person present singularcon·tem·po·riz·es)
transitive verb
Definition:
1. make modern: to make something modern or fashionable
2. date things from same period: to place somebody or something in the same period as somebody or something else
[Mid-17th century. < late Latin contemporare "make contemporary" < Latin tempor- "time"]
