contemporize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context
verb
To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way that appeals to contemporary consumers.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Oscar Mayer tapped him to try to find some way to reposition bologna and other troubled meats that were declining in popularity and sales...when Drane began working on the project, his orders were to “figure out how to contemporize what we’ve got.”"
Etymology
From contemporary + -ize.