Definition of Anagram. Meaning of Anagram. Synonyms of Anagram

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Definition of Anagram

Anagram
Anagram An"a*gram, v. t. To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. --Warburton.
Anagram
Anagram An"a*gram, n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. ? back, again + ? to write. See Graphic.] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.

Meaning of Anagram from wikipedia

- An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once...
- phrase. Anagram or Anagrams may also refer to: Anagram (band), Canadian punk rock band Anagram Islands off Antarctica Operation Anagram, British police investigation...
- to include cryptic material: not cryptic clues in the modern sense, but anagrams, classical allusions, incomplete quotations, and other references and wordplay...
- minutes, and Tobin subsequently received his third life sentence. Operation Anagram was a nationwide police investigation into Tobin's life and movements....
- In the main type of anagram dictionary, the letters in words or phrases are rearranged in alphabetical order, and these transpositions are themselves...
- Anagrams (also published under names including Anagram, Snatch and Word Making and Taking) is a tile-based word game that involves rearranging letter tiles...
- Anagram was a Canadian punk rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada later based out of Toronto. The group was known for loud, frenzied and sometimes violent...
- London Underground anagram map is a parody map of the London Underground with the station and line names replaced with anagrams. The anagram map was circulated...
- Lofty Fake Anagram is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1967 and released on the RCA label. It features Burton with guitarist Larry Coryell...
- The Anagram Islands (65°12′S 64°20′W / 65.200°S 64.333°W / -65.200; -64.333 (Anagram Islands)) are a group of small islands and rocks lying between...