"novelize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: novelizes [present, singular, third-person], novelizing [participle, present], novelized [participle, past], novelized [past]
Etymology: novel + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|novel|ize}} novel + -ize Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (to adapt to fiction): романизирам (romaniziram) (Bulgarian), novel·lar (Catalan), nouvelliser (French), novelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-novelize-en-verb-ja65LLfa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'to adapt to fiction': 91 9
  2. (dated) To innovate. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-novelize-en-verb--z2xtH~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: novelise

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