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• melodramatize — transitive verb Date: 1820 1. to make melodramatic < melodramatize a situation > 2. to make a melodrama of (as a novel) • melodramatization noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• melodramatize — “+ transitive verb Etymology: melodrama + tize (as in dramatize) 1. : to make melodramatic melodramatizing a situation 2. : to make a melodrama of (as a novel) …   Useful english dictionary

• mel|o|dram|a|tize — «MEHL uh DRAM uh tyz, DRAH muh », transitive verb, tized, tiz|ing. 1. to make into a melodrama. 2. to make melodramatic …   Useful english dictionary

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• melodramatize — /mel euh dram euh tuyz , drah meuh /, v.t., melodramatized, melodramatizing. 1. to make melodramatic. 2. to turn (a novel, story, etc.) into a melodrama. Also, esp. Brit., melodramatise. [1810 20; MELODRAMA + (DRAMA)TIZE] * * * …   Universalium

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• melodramatise — melodramˈatize or melodramˈatise transitive verb To make melodramatic • • • Main Entry: ↑melodrama …   Useful english dictionary

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