Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Novelized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Novelizing}.]
   1. To innovate. [Obs.]

   2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction.
      ``To novelize history.'' --Sir J. Herschel.