Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dramatize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dramatize \Dram"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dramatized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dramatizing}.] [Cf. F. dramatiser.]
To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama;
to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a
novel, or an historical episode.
They dramatized tyranny for public execration.
--Motley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dramatize
v 1: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
[syn: {dramatise}, {adopt}]
2: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events
dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's
youth" [syn: {dramatise}]
3: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {pad}, {lard}, {embellish},
{aggrandize}, {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatise}]
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