Part 3450

<cs><col>The romantic drama</col>, <cd>the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage.</cd></cs>

<i>J. A. Symonds.</i>

<h1>Dramatic, Dramatical</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw><hw>Dra*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dra*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>dramatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.</def>

<blockquote>The emperor . . . performed his part with much <b>dramatic</b> effect. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dramatically</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dra*mat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.</def>

<h1>Dramatis person\'91</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"a*tis per*so"n\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>The actors in a drama or play.</def>

<h1>Dramatist</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"a*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dramatiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.</def>

<h1>Dramatizable</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"a*ti`za*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being dramatized.</def>

<h1>Dramatization</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram`a*ti*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of dramatizing.</def>

<h1>Dramatize</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"a*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dramatized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dramatizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dramatiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; <as>as, to <ex>dramatize</ex> a novel, or an historical episode</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>dramatized</b> tyranny for public execration. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dramaturgic</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram`a*tur"gic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to dramaturgy.</def>

<h1>Dramaturgist</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"a*tur`gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in dramaturgy.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Dramaturgy</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"a*tur`gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ dramatic composition; <?/ drama + a root akin to E. <ets>work</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dramaturgie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of dramatic composition and representation.</def>

<h1>Dramming</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dram"ming</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice of drinking drams.</def>

<h1>Dramseller</h1> <Xpage=451>