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dramatize

v. represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"

adapt, dramatise

v. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

pad, lard, blow up, embellish, embroider, aggrandize, dramatise

v. add details to

act, play, represent

v. play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

appear

v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

enact, reenact, re-enact, act out

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

perform, give a performance

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

realize, actualize

v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

ennoble, dignify

v. confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title"

glamorize, glamourise

v. make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

glorify, make glorious, bestow glory upon

v. bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"

romanticize

v. make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress"

enlarge, magnify, blow up

v. make large; "blow up an image"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

immortalize, eternize, eternalize

v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

minimize, understate

v. represent as less significant or important

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