n. A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
v. To form anagrams.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
v. To anagrammatize.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A transposition of the letters of a word or sentence, to form a new word or sentence: thus, Galenus is an anagram of angelus.
n. A word formed by reading the letters of one or more words backward; a palindrome: thus, evil is an anagram of live.
To form into an anagram.
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n. a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
v. read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning
Word Usage
"In Rouen, the queens of hearts, diamonds and clubs were Rachel, mother of Joseph; Argine, an anagram of regina, the Latin word for queen; and Judith, of the Old Testament."