dramatize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dramatize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dramatize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dramatize v put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" Synonym(s): dramatize, dramatise, adopt represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" Synonym(s): dramatize, dramatise add details to Synonym(s): embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dramatize \Dram"atize\, 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.