v.
Pronunciation: ˌ me-l ə - ' dra-m ə - ˌ t ī z, - ' drä-
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1820
1 : to make melodramatic < melodramatize a situation>
2 : to make a melodrama of (as a novel)
– melo · dra · ma · ti · za · tion \ - ˌ dra-m ə -t ə - ' z ā -sh ə n, - ˌ drä- \ noun