1640s, "to make new, change by introducing novelties," from novel (adj.) + -ize. From 1828 as "to make into a novel" (from novel (n.)). Related: Novelized; novelizing; novelization.
The author novelized the historical event
novate
Novatian
novation
novel
novelist
novelize
novella
novelty
November
novena
novenary
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