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contemporize, v.|kənˈtɛmpəraɪz|
Rarely in 9 cot-.
[f. as L. contempor-āre (see contemporate) + -ize.]
1. trans. To make contemporary; to cause to synchronize or agree in time. Const. with, † unto.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. xi. 44 The indifferencie of their existences contemporised unto our actions, admits a farther consideration. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. xiv. §1 (1681) 308 Be sure to Quadrate or Contemporize your observations..with the season of the year. 1861D. H. Haigh Anglo-Sax. Sagas 4 The process is inconceivable by which the great Attila of history could be cotemporized with Hermanaric. 1873Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 258 Mr. Carlyle has this power of contemporizing himself with bygone times.
2. intr. To fall at the same time; to synchronize.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 381 Their fulfilling that contemporizes with the first six trumpets. 1681― Exp. Dan. vi. 209 Which tidings..may very well contemporize with the sixth Vial. |