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melodramatize
melodramatize, v. (mɛləʊˈdræmətaɪz) [f. melodrama, after dramatize. Cf. F. mélodramatiser (Daudet 1876).] trans. To make melodramatic; also, to convert the story of (a novel) into a melodrama. Hence meloˈdramatized ppl. a.1820 Examiner No. 613. 25/2 Booth's appearance in a melo-dramatised Richard th...
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melodrame
▪ I. melodrame, n. Now rare or Obs. (ˈmɛləʊdræm) Also melodram. [a. F. mélodrame (1781 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. Gr. µέλο-ς song, music + F. drame drama. Cf. Sp. melodrama, It. melodramma, G. melodram (from Fr.).] 1. = melodrama 1, 1 b.1802 Sk. Paris II. lxx. 390 Melo drames and pieces connected with pant...
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Oldenburg's deliberate attempt to turn an object into a thing 'expresses the power of this particular work to dramatize a generational divide and to stage (to melodramatize
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