v. 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.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., I. xi. 44. The indifferencie of their existences contemporised unto our actions, admits a farther consideration.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric., xiv. § 1 (1681), 308. Be sure to Quadrate or Contemporize your observations … with the season of the year.
1861. D. H. Haigh, Anglo-Sax. Sagas, 4. The process is inconceivable by which the great Attila of history could be cotemporized with Hermanaric.
1873. Lowell, 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.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., 381. Their fulfilling that contemporizes with the first six trumpets. Ibid. (1681), Exp. Dan., vi. 209. Which tidings … may very well contemporize with the sixth Vial.
