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Webster 1913 Edition

Dramatize

Dram′a-tize

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dramatize

DRAMATIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To compose in the form of the drama; or to give to a composition the form of a play.
At Riga in 1204 was acted a prophetic play, that is, a dramatized extract from the history of the Old and New Testaments.

Definition 2025

dramatize

dramatize

English

Verb

dramatize ‎(third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)

  1. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
  2. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

dramatize

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of dramatizar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of dramatizar
  3. third-person singular imperative of dramatizar

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