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novelizes

novelizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of novelize.

Meaning of novelize

Verb

novelize (third-person singular simple present novelizes, present participle novelizing, simple past and past participle novelized)

  1. 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.
  2. (dated) 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 novelizes

alternative formnovelises

Questions about novelizes

What is novelizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Novelizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of novelize.

Words near novelizes in the dictionary

  1. novelizations
  2. novelize
  3. novelized
  4. novelizer
  5. novelizers
  6. novelizes
  7. novelizing
  8. novella
  9. novellae
  10. novellalike
  11. novellas

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