pictorialize

[ pik-tawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -tohr- ]

verb (used with object)

, pic·to·ri·al·ized, pic·to·ri·al·iz·ing.

1. to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.

Other Words From

• pic·tori·al·i·zation noun
• over·pic·tori·al·ize verb overpictorialized overpictorializing
• unpic·tori·al·ize verb (used with object) unpictorialized unpictorializing

Word History and Origins

Origin of pictorialize¹

First recorded in 1865–70; pictorial + -ize