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ANAGRAMMATIZE

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an⋅a⋅gram⋅ma⋅tize

[an-uh-gram-uh-tahyz]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to transpose into an anagram.
Also, especially British, an⋅a⋅gram⋅ma⋅tise.


Origin:
1585–95; < Gk anagrammatízein to transpose letters, equiv. to ana- ana- + grammat- (s. of grámma) letter + -izein -ize


an⋅a⋅gram⋅ma⋅tism [an-uh-gram-uh-tiz-uhm] , noun
an⋅a⋅gram⋅ma⋅tist, noun
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an·a·gram·ma·tize   (ān'ə-grām'ə-tīz')   
tr.v.   an·a·gram·ma·tized, an·a·gram·ma·tiz·ing, an·a·gram·ma·tiz·es
To make an anagram of.

[Late Greek anagrammatizein, to rearrange letters in a word; see anagram.]
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