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fictionize

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fic⋅tion⋅ize

  [fik-shuh-nahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
fictionalize.
Also, especially British, fic⋅tion⋅ise.

Origin:
1825–35; fiction + -ize

Related forms:
fic⋅tion⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

fic⋅tion⋅al⋅ize

  [fik-shuh-nl-ahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
Also, fictionize.
Also, especially British, fic⋅tion⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1920–25; fictional + -ize

Related forms:
fic⋅tion⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
fic⋅tion⋅al⋅iz⋅er, noun
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fic·tion·ize   (fĭk'shə-nīz')   
tr.v.   fic·tion·ized, fic·tion·iz·ing, fic·tion·iz·es
To fictionalize.
fic'tion·i·za'tion (-shə-nĭ-zā'shən) n.
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