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novelizing

novelizing is the present participle and gerund 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 novelizing

alternative formnovelising

Questions about novelizing

What is novelizing the present participle and gerund of?
Novelizing is the present participle and gerund of novelize.

Words near novelizing in the dictionary

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

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