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verb
To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To innovate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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verb
convert into the form or the style of a novel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convert
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. English novel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English novelize From novel + -ize.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
