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Definition of Alphabetise

1. Verb. Arrange in alphabetical order. "Alphabetize the list"

Definition of Alphabetise

1. Verb. (chiefly British) To arrange items (i.e. words) in order of the first (and subsequent) letters as they appear in the alphabet (i.e. the standard list A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z). ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of alphabetize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alphabetise

Literary usage of Alphabetise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memorials of St. James's Palace by Edgar Sheppard (1894)
"... Persoonen in de Kapelle van St. James's gebragt een alphabetise ordre.' l The entries in this book, as Mr. Bohn tells us, extend from 1689 to 1740. ..."

2. The History of the French, Walloon, Dutch and Other Foreign Protestant by John Southerden Burn (1846)
"... Persoonen in de Kapelle van St. James gebragt een alphabetise ordre." The entries in this book extend from 1689 to 1740. The quarto register contains, ..."

3. Manual of Library Cataloguing by John Henry Quinn (1899)
"... b, c"—but, judging by the mistakes made, and the small number of persons who when put to it can alphabetise properly, it is not so simple as it appears. ..."

4. The Technique of Indexing by Mary Petherbridge (1904)
"... entry do not forget to ignore the small unimportant words that may commence it, but alphabetise according to the key word which should be capitalised. ..."

5. Historische Zeitschrift by Heinrich von Sybel (1871)
"alphabetise lies Register. Mountague - Bernard , neutra), of Gr. Britain during the Amor, war 42 Mourin, les comtes de Paria 32 Mühlfeld, ..."

6. Die neueren Sprachen: Zeitschrift für Forschung, Unterricht und edited by Wilhelm Viëtor (1908)
"Die biographischen angaben sind in alphabetise Ordnung gesondert zusammengestellt, die sprachlichen erläuterun zumeist in dem ..."

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