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Definition of "novelize" [nov•el•ize]

  • To write a novel based on: novelize a popular movie. (verb-transitive)
  • To turn into fiction; fictionalize: novelize one's personal experiences. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "novelize" in a sentence
  • "Adventures of an unsuccessful author with one published book, after he's hired by a charlatan to novelize a C grade movie."
  • "Take the pantsers, myself included, we have a central theme, plot or concept we want to novelize and it stays in our heads."
  • "I still sort of feel that someone should convince him to novelize this as the big, fat final book of the Eternal Champion series."