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单词 anagrammatize
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anagrammatizev.

Brit. /ˌanəˈɡramətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌænəˈɡræməˌtaɪz/
Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– anagramatise, 1500s– anagrammatise, 1500s– anagrammatize, 1600s annagramatize, 1600s– anagramatize.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀναγραμματίζειν.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀναγραμματίζειν to write the letters of a name in direct and then in reverse order, in Byzantine Greek also to transpose the letters of one word so as to form another < ancient Greek ἀνα- ana- prefix + γράμματ- , γράμμα letter (see grammar n.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix.Compare Middle French, French anagrammatiser (1592 or earlier).
transitive. To rearrange the letters of (a word, phrase, or name) to form another word, phrase, or name. Also figurative.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > alteration of letters in a word > form anagram [verb (transitive)]
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a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. B Iehoua's name, Forward, and backward, Anagramatis'd.
1622 J. Taylor Arrant Thiefe sig. A3 I doe anagrammatize Water-Rat, to bee A true Art.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 40 The whole System of the Created Universe..was..Really nothing else, but one and the same Thing perpetually Anagrammatized.
a1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 95 The name anagrammatized was not Elizabeth, but Isabel.
1862 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 23 Calvin..anagrammatized his name, ‘Rabelæsius’ into Rabie Læsus [i.e. ‘afflicted with madness’].
1934 D. Thomas Let. c21 May (1987) 136 It is as ambitious as the Divine Comedy, with a chorus of deadly sins, anagrammatised as old gentlemen.
2019 K. Killian in M. Tupitsyn Picture Cycle 14 She anagramatizes ‘Daniel’ from The Karate Kid as ‘denial’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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