The Collaborative International Dictionary
Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. i. To innovate. [Obs.]
Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Novelized; p. pr. & vb. n. Novelizing.]
To innovate. [Obs.]
To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction; to fictionalize. ``To novelize history.''
--Sir J. Herschel.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. 1 To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel. 2 (context dated English) To innovate. vb. 1 To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel. 2 (context dated English) To innovate.
WordNet
v. convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event" [syn: novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise]
Usage examples of "novelize".
Blount was writing a novelized account of Corporal Piggott’s Raid, a deservedly obscure episode which got Corporal Piggott of the 104th New York (Provisional) Heavy Artillery Regiment deservedly court-martialled in the summer of ‘63.
It was George’s responsibility to see that Blount novelized the verdict of guilty into a triumphant acquittal followed by an award of the Medal of Honor, and Blount was being unreasonable about it.
Even the Hoka stories he wrote with Poul Anderson were things I first encountered in their later novelized form.
She knew the region not as some novelized haunt of vampires and werewolves, but as Erdély, a place of rich forests, citadel castles, and hearty people.
He suddenly appeared to already — novelizing me in the role of one destined to be famous.