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单词 dramatize
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dramatizev.

Brit. /ˈdramətʌɪz/, /ˈdrɑːmətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈdrɑməˌtaɪz/, /ˈdræməˌtaɪz/
Etymology: formed as dramatist n. + -ize suffix.
1.
a. transitive. To convert into a drama; to put into dramatic form, adapt for representation on the stage.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (transitive)] > dramatize
theatricalize1778
dramatize1780
adapt1793
theatralize1825
1780-83 [see dramatized adj. at Derivatives].
1810 W. Scott Let. 22 Dec. (1932) II. 414 They are busy dramatizing the Lady of the Lake here and in Dublin.
1884 Law Times 27 Sept. 358/2 The play ‘Called Back,’ dramatised from the novel of that name.
b. absol. To write dramas.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > write dramas [verb (intransitive)]
dramatize1814
to put on the buskins1860
1814 Sortes Horatianae 125 Scrawl, dramatize..do what ye will.
1900 Daily News 28 May 4/1 The glorious language in which Milton sang, Shakespeare dramatised, Richard Baxter prayed, and George Whitfield thundered.
2. To describe or represent dramatically. reflexive. To behave melodramatically.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation
paintc1390
fucate1535
flatter1581
embroider1614
over-picturea1616
heighten1731
overpaint1749
overtell1755
overcolour1811
overdrawa1817
dramatize1823
sensationalize1863
overdress1866
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > imbue with vigour or force [verb (transitive)] > dramatize
theatricalize1778
dramatize1823
theatrize1888
1823 Adolphus in Lockhart Scott Aug. To exert the talent of dramatizing and..representing in his own person the incidents he told of.
1894 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Feb. 383 The men continue to dramatize a struggle on the floor below.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. viii. 620 My mother dramatized herself, indeed, but so artlessly that I rebelled against that.
3. intransitive (for passive). To admit of dramatization.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (intransitive)] > admit of dramatization
dramatize1819
1819 W. Scott Let. 15 June (1933) V. 397 The present set..will not dramatise.
1836 New Monthly Mag. 47 235 The story would dramatize admirably.
4. transitive. To influence by the drama.Apparently an isolated use.
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1799 Morning Chron. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) III. 154 Some might take their station in the theatres, and dramatize the audience into loyalty.

Derivatives

ˈdramatized adj.
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1780–83 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi Russia (Webster 1828) A dramatized extract from the history of the Old and New Testaments.
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xli. 572 The dramatized histories of the English bard.
ˈdramatizing n. and adj. also figurative
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun]
stage-work1649
scenery1726
theatricalness1727
dramatizing1808
show1822
theatricality1837
pyrotechny1845
theatricalism1854
sensational1861
sensationalism1862
sensationism1862
theatricism1872
theatricalization1875
dramaticism1878
dramatism1880
spectacularity1883
spectacularism1888
theatre1926
son et lumière1968
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessive action
overdoing1340
dramatizing1808
theatricalization1875
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > given to exaggeration
overlashing1578
overreaching1579
hyperbolizinga1620
exaggeratory1759
exaggerative1797
dramatizing1808
exaggerating1817
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatization
dramatization1796
tragedization1796
dramatizing1808
dramatism1834
tragedizinga1849
theatricalization1875
1808 C. Lamb Specimens Eng. Dramatic Poets 150 Our delicacy..forbids the dramatizing of Distress.
1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 221 A sort of dramatizing talent.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. ii. xviii. 107 Oh, to fall at her feet, and ask her pardon before parting for ever! But no—no more posing; no more dramatising.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. viii. 620 Accident threw me in my receptive years mostly among non-dramatizing systematic-minded people.
ˈdramatizable adj. (Webster, 1864).
ˈdramatizer n. one who dramatizes.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [noun] > playwright
playmaker1530
playmonger1593
playwright1605
playwritera1626
stage-wright1631
dramatica1657
factist1676
dramatist1678
dramaturgist1825
playwrightess1831
dramatizer1833
dramaturge1870
1833 Westm. Rev. 18 226 The dramatizer of Cooper's ‘Pilot’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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