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cin⋅e⋅ma⋅tize

[sin-uh-muh-tahyz]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
1. to adapt (a novel, play, etc.) for motion pictures.
2. Chiefly British. cinematograph (def. 3).
Also, especially British, cin⋅e⋅ma⋅tise.


Origin:
cinema + (drama)tize
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cin·e·ma·tize   (sĭn'ə-mə-tīz')   
tr.v.   cin·e·ma·tized, cin·e·ma·tiz·ing, cin·e·ma·tiz·es
To adapt (a novel or a play, for example) for film or movies.
cin'e·mat'i·za'tion (-māt'ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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