<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used with object)</p><ul><li>To place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.</li><li>To give a modern or contemporary character or setting to; update: <em>The new production of Romeo and Juliet contemporizes it as the love of two modern teenagers in a Chicago high school.</em></li></ul></li><li><p>(used without object)</p><ul><li>To be contemporary.</li></ul></li></ul>