novelize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put into the form of a novel.
He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
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to make fictional; fictionalize.
verb
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“And we’re in this beautiful golden age of television where we can novelize a TV show.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020
Lynn Potter knew she had enough for a gripping read and had long planned to novelize the results by working off the letters.
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2016
Wallace doesn’t simply set a scene and novelize his characters into facile life; rather, he makes an almost metaphysical commitment to see reality through their eyes.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2016
Reporter Miller had aimed to novelize the waterfront characters.
From Time Magazine Archive
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