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Definition of Anagram
1. Noun. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
Generic synonyms: Word
Specialized synonyms: Antigram
Derivative terms: Anagrammatic, Anagrammatical, Anagrammatise, Anagrammatize
Specialized synonyms: Antigram
Derivative terms: Anagrammatic, Anagrammatical, Anagrammatise, Anagrammatize
2. Verb. Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning.
Definition of Anagram
1. n. Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
2. v. t. To anagrammatize.
Definition of Anagram
1. to transpose the letters of a word or phrase to form a new one [v -GRAMMED, -GRAMMING, -GRAMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anagram
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