Meanings
present singular third person anagrammatises · participle present anagrammatising · participle past anagrammatised · past anagrammatised · alternative anagrammatize
- transitivenon-Oxford British spellingTo produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
Within this Circle is Iehoua's name,/Forward and backward Annagrammatiz'd:
1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, signature B, rectoSynonyms: anagramize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀναγραμματίζω
- Englishanagrammatise
From Ancient Greek ἀναγραμματίζω (anagrammatízō).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan anagramatitzar
- anagramatitzarto produce an anagram of
Greek αναγραμματίζω
- αναγραμματίζω (anagrammatízo)to produce an anagram of
Portuguese anagramatizar
- anagramatizarto produce an anagram of
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anagrammatise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagrammatise
“anagrammatise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagrammatise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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