an·a·gram (ăn′ə-grăm′) n. 1. A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.
2. anagrams (used with a sing. verb) A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.
[New Latin
anagramma , from Greek
anagrammatismos , from
anagrammatizein ,
to rearrange letters in a word :
ana- ,
from bottom to top ; see
ana- +
gramma , grammat- ,
letter ; see
gerbh- in
Indo-European roots .]
an′a·gram·mat′ic (-grə-măt′ĭk) adj.
an′a·gram·mat′i·cal·ly adv.
an′a·gram′ma·tize′ (-ə-tīz′) v.
anagrammatize (ˌænəˈɡræməˌtaɪz ) or anagrammatise vb to arrange into an anagram
ˌanaˈgrammaˌtism n
ˌanaˈgrammatist n
an•a•gram•ma•tize (ˌæn əˈgræm əˌtaɪz) v.t., v.i. -tized, -tiz•ing. to transpose into an anagram.
[1585–95]
an`a•gram′ma•tist, n.
anagrammatize Past participle: anagrammatizedGerund: anagrammatizingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative anagrammatize anagrammatize
Present I anagrammatize you anagrammatize he/she/it anagrammatizes we anagrammatize you anagrammatize they anagrammatize
Preterite I anagrammatized you anagrammatized he/she/it anagrammatized we anagrammatized you anagrammatized they anagrammatized
Present Continuous I am anagrammatizing you are anagrammatizing he/she/it is anagrammatizing we are anagrammatizing you are anagrammatizing they are anagrammatizing
Present Perfect I have anagrammatized you have anagrammatized he/she/it has anagrammatized we have anagrammatized you have anagrammatized they have anagrammatized
Past Continuous I was anagrammatizing you were anagrammatizing he/she/it was anagrammatizing we were anagrammatizing you were anagrammatizing they were anagrammatizing
Past Perfect I had anagrammatized you had anagrammatized he/she/it had anagrammatized we had anagrammatized you had anagrammatized they had anagrammatized
Future I will anagrammatize you will anagrammatize he/she/it will anagrammatize we will anagrammatize you will anagrammatize they will anagrammatize
Future Perfect I will have anagrammatized you will have anagrammatized he/she/it will have anagrammatized we will have anagrammatized you will have anagrammatized they will have anagrammatized
Future Continuous I will be anagrammatizing you will be anagrammatizing he/she/it will be anagrammatizing we will be anagrammatizing you will be anagrammatizing they will be anagrammatizing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been anagrammatizing you have been anagrammatizing he/she/it has been anagrammatizing we have been anagrammatizing you have been anagrammatizing they have been anagrammatizing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been anagrammatizing you will have been anagrammatizing he/she/it will have been anagrammatizing we will have been anagrammatizing you will have been anagrammatizing they will have been anagrammatizing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been anagrammatizing you had been anagrammatizing he/she/it had been anagrammatizing we had been anagrammatizing you had been anagrammatizing they had been anagrammatizing
Conditional I would anagrammatize you would anagrammatize he/she/it would anagrammatize we would anagrammatize you would anagrammatize they would anagrammatize
Past Conditional I would have anagrammatized you would have anagrammatized he/she/it would have anagrammatized we would have anagrammatized you would have anagrammatized they would have anagrammatized
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. anagrammatize - read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaningread - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"