theatricalize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English theatrical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English theatricalize From theatrical + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To render suitable for the theatre.
Theater does not expect us to simply stop theatricalizing; it knows that we can theatricalize its conditions as we can theatricalize any others.
2016, Hans-Thies Lehmann, Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre, →ISBN, page 151:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| theatricalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| theatricalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| theatricalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| theatricalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |