Dictionary

anagramize en · VERB

Etymology

From anagram + -ize.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:American and Oxford British spelling) To make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • ...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:

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Synonyms

anagrammatise