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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase;


VERB (1)

1. read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning;
[syn: anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anagram \An"a*gram\ ([a^]n"[.a]*gr[a^]m), n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. 'ana` back, again + gra`fein to write. See Graphic.] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change of 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anagram \An"a*gram\, v. t. To anagrammatize. [1913 Webster] Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. --Warburton. [1913 Webster] Anagrammatic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anagram n 1: a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase v 1: read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning [syn: anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise]