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anagrammatize

American

[an-uh-gram-uh-tahyz] / ˌæn əˈgræm əˌtaɪz /

especially British, anagrammatise

verb (used with or without object)

anagrammatized, anagrammatizing

to transpose into an anagram.

anagrammatize British

/ ˌænəˈɡræməˌtaɪz /

verb

to arrange into an anagram

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Other Word Forms

anagrammatism noun
anagrammatist noun

Etymology

Origin of anagrammatize

1585–95; < Greek anagrammatízein to transpose letters, equivalent to ana- ana- + grammat- (stem of grámma ) letter + -izein -ize

Example Sentences

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Pouring ridicule upon the butt of the day, whose name of “Puritan” was by-and-by to be anagrammatized into “a turnip,” from the cropped roundness of his head, this drama became the play-goers’ favourite.

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