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NOVELIZE
novelize, novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise
(verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel; “The author novelized the historical event”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
novelize (third-person singular simple present novelizes, present participle novelizing, simple past and past participle novelized)
To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
(dated) To innovate.
Source: Wiktionary
Nov"el*ize, v. i.
Definition: To innovate. [Obs.]
Nov"el*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Novelized; p. pr. & vb. n. Novelizing.]
1. To innovate. [Obs.]
2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. "To novelize history." Sir J. Herschel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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