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an·a·gram

(ăn′ə-grăm′)

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.

[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.]

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.

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anagram

(ˈænəˌɡræm)

a 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

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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.

anagram

[ˈænəgræm] N → anagrama m

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anagram

[ˈænəgræm] n → anagramme f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

anagram

n → Anagramm nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

anagram

[ˈænəgræm] n → anagramma m

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Colleville had a passion for reading the horoscopes of famous men in the anagram of their names.

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'Astrophel' is a fanciful half-Greek anagram for the poet's own name, and Stella (Star) designates Lady Penelope Devereux, who at about this time married Lord Rich.

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"When this method fails, they have two others more effectual, which the learned among them call acrostics and anagrams. First, they can decipher all initial letters into political meanings.

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One might almost sympathize with Sarah Helen Whitman, who, confessing to a half faith in the old superstition of the significance of anagrams, found, in the transposed letters of Edgar Poe's name, the words "a God-peer." His mind, she says, was indeed a "Haunted Palace," echoing to the footfalls of angels and demons.

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Noun	1.	anagram - a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase word - 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 meaning anagrammatise, anagrammatize read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"