novelize
verbEtymology From novel + -ize.
1
To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
- Herbert was able to novelize his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.
2
Dated To innovate.
- […] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 38:
- Derived terms
- novelizer