novelize
novelize verb: to adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
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.
- Herbert was able to novelize his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.
- To innovate.
- […] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 38
Forms of novelize
| third-person singular present | novelizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | novelizing |
| past participle | novelized |
| past | novelized |
| alternative form | novelise |
Origin of novelize
From novel + -ize.
Words formed from novelize
Questions about novelize
- What does novelize mean?
- Novelize means to adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
- What part of speech is novelize?
- Novelize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of novelize?
- The past tense of novelize is novelized.
Words near novelize in the dictionary
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