verb
1. make into fiction
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The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel
• Syn: ↑fictionalize, ↑retell
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalization (for: ↑fictionalize), ↑fiction (for: ↑fictionalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑re-create
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. convert into the form or the style of a novel
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The author novelized the historical event
• Syn: ↑novelize, ↑novelise, ↑fictionalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalisation, ↑novelisation (for: ↑novelise), ↑novelization (for: ↑novelize)
• Hypernyms: ↑convert
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.