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mel•o•dram•a•tize
Pronunciation: (mel"u-dram'u-tīz", -drä'mu-), [key]—
v.t., -tized, -tiz•ing.
1. to make melodramatic.
2. to turn (a novel, story, etc.) into a melodrama.
Also, esp. Brit.,mel"o•dram'a•tise".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.