anagram

an·a·gram

A0276900 (ăn′ə-grăm′)n.1. A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.2. anagrams(used with a sing. verb) A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.

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[New Latin anagramma, from Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein, to rearrange letters in a word : ana-, from bottom to top; see ana- + gramma, grammat-, letter; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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an′a·gram·mat′ic (-grə-măt′ĭk) adj.an′a·gram·mat′i·cal·ly adv.an′a·gram′ma·tize′ (-ə-tīz′) v.

anagram

(ˈænəˌɡræm) na word or phrase the letters of which can be rearranged into another word or phrase[C16: from New Latin anagramma, shortened from Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + gramma a letter] anagrammatic, ˌanagramˈmatical adj ˌanagramˈmatically adv

an•a•gram

(ˈæn əˌgræm)

n., v. -grammed, -gram•ming. n. 1. a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.” 2. anagrams, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters. v.t. 3. to anagrammatize. [1580–90; probably < Middle French anagramme < New Latin anagramma] an`a•gram•mat′ic (-grəˈmæt ɪk) an`a•gram•mat′i•cal, adj. an`a•gram•mat′i•cal•ly, adv.

anagram

1. a word or phrase composed by rearranging the letters in another word or phrase.
2. a game based upon this activity.See also: Games

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Noun	1.	anagram - a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phraseword - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"antigram - an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase; "`restful' is the antigram of `fluster'"
Verb	1.	anagram - read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaninganagrammatise, anagrammatizeread - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

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