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anagramise

anagramise verb: non-Oxford British spelling of anagramize.

Verb

anagramise (third-person singular simple present anagramises, present participle anagramising, simple past and past participle anagramised)

  1. Non-Oxford British spelling of anagramize.
    • This process of mutation is the sudden jump from HOSE to SHOE, from one chemical anagram to another; in some cases there may be several alleles at a single locus — several different ways in which the material can be anagramised and arranged.1951, Roger Pilkington, Sons and daughters, page 132
    • Faced with the challenge of anagramising all or part of 'Alan Armstrong and Associates Ltd", GLC staff members Judith Barton, Annabel Davies and Carole Hills came up with - Alarm on stands as GLC dies.1985, Aslib Information - Volume 13, page 285

Forms of anagramise

third-person singular presentanagramises
present participleanagramising
past participleanagramised
pastanagramised

Origin of anagramise

From anagram + -ise.

Questions about anagramise

What does anagramise mean?
Anagramise means non-Oxford British spelling of anagramize.
What part of speech is anagramise?
Anagramise is a verb.
What is the past tense of anagramise?
The past tense of anagramise is anagramised.

Words near anagramise in the dictionary

  1. anagogies
  2. anagogy
  3. anagram
  4. anagram dictionaries
  5. anagram dictionary
  6. anagramise
  7. anagramised
  8. anagramises
  9. anagramising
  10. anagramize
  11. anagramized

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