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anagrammatize

an·a·gram·ma·tize [ ànnə grámmə tz ] (past and past participle an·a·gram·ma·tized, present participle an·a·gram·ma·tiz·ing, 3rd person present singular an·a·gram·ma·tiz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
rearrange letters: to rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to form a different word or phrase

[Late 16th century. Perhaps < Greek anagrammatizein "rearrange the letters of a word" < gramma "letter"]
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