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anagramize

anagramize verb: to make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.

Verb

anagramize (third-person singular simple present anagramizes, present participle anagramizing, simple past and past participle anagramized)

  1. (American and Oxford British spelling) To make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.
    • ...and the smell of Juicy Fruit chewing gum (Juicy Fruit almost anagramizes into Fruechy) — at any rate, one of these brothers, I couldn't tell them apart at the time, is standing behind the counter;1981, Osmond Beckwith, Vernon: An Anecdotal Novel, page 7
    • She only renounced such claims when a judge anagramized "Dame Eleanor Davies" into "Never so mad a ladie."1990, Robert Hendrickson, British literary anecdotes, page 80
    Synonyms:
    anagrammatise

Examples of anagramize in a sentence

  • He might search and replace certain words, dissolve the text down to key phrases, anagramize each line, or string verbal fragments into a story.2000, Rain Taxi - Volumes 5-7, page 19:
  • ou might notice Bruce's surname anagramized into that of the protagonist.2014, Paul Di Filippo, Harsh Oases: Stories:

Synonyms of anagramize

Forms of anagramize

third-person singular presentanagramizes
present participleanagramizing
past participleanagramized
pastanagramized
alternative formanagramise

Origin of anagramize

From anagram + -ize.

Questions about anagramize

What does anagramize mean?
Anagramize means to make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.
How do you use anagramize in a sentence?
He might search and replace certain words, dissolve the text down to key phrases, anagramize each line, or string verbal fragments into a story.
What part of speech is anagramize?
Anagramize is a verb.
What is the past tense of anagramize?
The past tense of anagramize is anagramized.

Words near anagramize in the dictionary

  1. anagram dictionary
  2. anagramise
  3. anagramised
  4. anagramises
  5. anagramising
  6. anagramize
  7. anagramized
  8. anagramizes
  9. anagramizing
  10. anagrammatic
  11. anagrammatical

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