Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To adapt to performance on the stage; dramatize.
- transitive verb To make a spectacle of; display showily.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render theatrical; put in dramatic form; dramatize. Also spelled
theatricalise .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To render suitable for the
theatre .
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Examples
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And I like to be strident and state when I-- plus it's a big theater, and you intensify things, you theatricalize.
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There are just two Austen novels left for Book-It to theatricalize "Mansfield Park" and "Northanger Abbey", and they plan to do so.
The Seattle Times 2011
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That’ll theatricalize the play, give it some movement, some energy.
Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005
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That’ll theatricalize the play, give it some movement, some energy.
Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005
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That’ll theatricalize the play, give it some movement, some energy.
Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005
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That’ll theatricalize the play, give it some movement, some energy.
Living Justice Jessica Blank 2005
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"metaphors" with which to theatricalize this theme, and now -- today's jaunt is the second day of a two-day visit arranged by Vera Cunningham -- they are seeing how their ideas play with the guys at Stateville,
Chicago Reader 2010
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"metaphors" with which to theatricalize this theme, and now -- today's jaunt is the second day of a two-day visit arranged by Vera Cunningham -- they are seeing how their ideas play with the guys at Stateville,
Chicago Reader 2010
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"metaphors" with which to theatricalize this theme, and now -- today's jaunt is the second day of a two-day visit arranged by Vera Cunningham -- they are seeing how their ideas play with the guys at Stateville,
Chicago Reader 2010
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"metaphors" with which to theatricalize this theme, and now -- today's jaunt is the second day of a two-day visit arranged by Vera Cunningham -- they are seeing how their ideas play with the guys at Stateville,
Chicago Reader 2010
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