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fictionize, v.|ˈfɪkʃənaɪz| [f. as prec. + -ize.] a. trans. To turn into fiction. b. trans. To give a fictitious form to. c. intr. To give a fictional version (of actual happenings). Hence ˈfictionizing vbl. n.
1831S. R. Maitland Eruvin vi. 125 One of the writers who has thought fit to fictionize the truths of revelation. 1864N. & Q. V. 13 The unicorn, as fictionized in heraldry, is a white horse. 1934A. Merritt Burn Witch Burn! ix. 125 ‘You think she was fictionizing?’ ‘Not fictionizing exactly. Observing a series of ordinary occurrences through the glamour of an active imagination.’ 1938Scrutiny VII. iii. 262 And her work was no mere historical fictionizing. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 246/1 In his next two works Melville settled back into his routine of fictionizing his experiences. |