anagrammatize

Verb

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Verb (1)

  1. read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaningSynonyms: anagramanagrammatiseMore general read
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

An′a·gram′ma·tize (…), transitive verb

Origin: Gr. ἀναγραμματίζειν cf. F. anagrammatiser.

To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Ralph Cudworth

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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