dramatize

From drama +‎ -ize.

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dramatize (third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)

1. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
2. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

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dramatize

1. inflection of dramatizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative