melodramatize

melodramatize
/mel'euh dram"euh tuyz', -drah"meuh-/, v.t., melodramatized, melodramatizing.
1. to make melodramatic.
2. to turn (a novel, story, etc.) into a melodrama.
Also, esp. Brit., melodramatise.
[1810-20; MELODRAMA + (DRAMA)TIZE]

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