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anagramise en · VERB

Etymology

From anagram + -ise.

Meanings

  1. Non-Oxford British spelling of anagramize.
    • There are a couple of ways that you can create them:- The first, the hardest, is to toy with the word/phrase/name you wish to anagramise with nothing more than a piece of paper, a pen and your brain. 2008, Sian Howells, The Complete Guide to Speaking in Public, page 18:
    • 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
anagramised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anagramised Tense=Past lexicographic
anagramising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anagramises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic