Dictionary

sequelize en · VERB

Etymology

From sequel + -ize.

Meanings

1. (informal, qualifier:American and Oxford British spelling, transitive) To release a sequel to (a work).
   • The films that are sequelized were never great art. They were made for money, pure and simple....cynical as it that seems it's true I'm afraid.....Sequels are only made because the demand *is* there. 1998 March 26, Justin Kerswell, “I kinda like Horror sequels..........so crucify me!”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022:
   • Anyway truly great films are difficult to sequelise (new word??) as they generally wrap up pretty well. 2000 January 11, kre...@usq.edu.au, “Announce: Sid Meier's Animal Farm”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022:
   • If you could choose 5 games from the Playstation^([sic])/Saturn/N64 generation and earlier, consoles only, to be remade (not sequelized) for the current generation of consoles, which games would they be? 2007 October 24, The alMIGHTY N, “Which PS/Saturn/N64 games would you like remade for the current generation?”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022:
   • Now THERE was an episode screaming to be sequelized in TNG... or, better yet, DS9. 2003 January 11, Scott Lowther, “Morality of war (was Re: [Humor] Defenders of the US)”, in alt.tv.star-trek.tos (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022:
   • I know that nearly all books can be sequelized. 1994 December 13, Matt Rindfleisch, “What did Anne Rice intend?”, in alt.books.anne-rice (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022:

Forms

Coordinates

prequelize

Deriveds

sequelization