novelize

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verb

nov·​el·​ize ˈnä-və-ˌlīz 

novelized; novelizing

transitive verb

: to convert into the form of a novel

novelize a play

novelization

ˌnä-və-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

novelization

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noun

nov·​el·​i·​za·​tion ˌnävələ̇ˈzāshən 

-ˌlīˈ-

plural -s

: the act or process of novelizing

novelizations of successful films which were not originally based on novels

—J. T. Farrell

the mere skillful novelization of a chapter in a psychiatry casebook

—Clifton Fadiman

Examples of novelize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Originally a 1977 cult classic film, then novelized by Johnston in 2017, this outrageous Southern adventure now comes to life in audio format with the talents of a full creative team. — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2020

Instead of Doctor Who, this enterprise envisions something more like a real-life version of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 movie novelized by Isaac Asimov. — Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian, 26 Sep. 2019

Whitehead has now been novelizing this country’s past for 20 years. — David Canfield, EW.com, 12 July 2019

Obliquity has led to greater success in novelizing the sixteenth President than have attempts to see him from the inside out and through his own point of view. — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Verb

novel entry 1 + -ize

First Known Use

Verb

1828, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for novelize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies