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an⋅a⋅gram

[an-uh-gram] noun, verb, -grammed, -gram⋅ming.
–noun
1. a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”
2. anagrams, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
–verb (used with object)
3. to form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
4. to rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.

Origin:
1580–90; prob. < MF anagramme < NL anagramma. See ana-, -gram 1


an⋅a⋅gram⋅mat⋅ic [an-uh-gruh-mat-ik] , an⋅a⋅gram⋅mat⋅i⋅cal, adjective
an⋅a⋅gram⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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