Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dramatize \Dram"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dramatized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Dramatizing}.] [Cf. F. dramatiser.]
   To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama;
   to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a
   novel, or an historical episode.

         They dramatized tyranny for public execration.
                                                  --Motley.