Nov"el*ize (?), v. i. To innovate. [Obs.]

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.

Nov"el*ry (?), n. [OF. novelerie.] Novelty; new things. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nov"el*ty (?), n.; pl. Novelties (#). [OF. novelté, F. nouveauté, L.

novellitas.]

1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness

of origin or introduction.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

South.

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