verb (used with object), nov·el·ized, nov·el·iz·ing.
- to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare’s plays.
- to make fictional; fictionalize.
verb (tr)
- to convert (a true story, film, etc) into a novel
v.1640s, “to make new,” from novel (adj.) + -ize. From 1828 as “to make into a novel” (from novel (n.)). Related: Novelized; novelizing.