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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