| n. | 1. | 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. t. | 1. | To anagrammatize. |
| Noun | 1. | anagram - a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase |
| Verb | 1. | anagram - read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |