Meaning of DRAMATIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'dramu`tIz
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- [v] add details to
- [v] represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"
- [v] put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
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| | Synonyms: | | adopt, aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| | See Also: | | amplify, compose, exaggerate, glorify, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, indite, magnify, overdramatise, overdramatize, overdraw, overstate, pen, represent, write | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | act a part, affect, assume, be a gas, be a hit, betoken, bill, bomb, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, counterfeit, dangle, demonstrate, develop, disclose, display, divulge, do a bit, embody, enact, evidence, evince, exaggerate, exhibit, expose to view, express, fail, fake, feature, feign, flaunt, flop, flourish, give sign, give token, headline, highlight, histrionize, illuminate, incarnate, indicate, make a hit, make clear, make out like, make plain, manifest, materialize, mean, melodramatize, mount, open, open a show, overact, overdo, overplay, overstate, parade, perform, pile it on, play, play a part, play a scene, play up, playact, premiere, present, pretend, preview, produce, put on, put on airs, represent, reveal, roll out, scenarize, set forth, set the stage, sham, show, show forth, simulate, splash, spotlight, stage, star, succeed, theatricalize, token, trot out, try out, tug the heartstrings, unfold, wave, wear |
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