n. [ F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. 'ana` back, again + gra`fein to write. See Graphic. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To anagrammatize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anagrammatique. ] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. 'anagrammatismo`s: cf. F. anagrammatisme. ] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anagrammatiste. ] A maker of anagrams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. 'anagrammati`zein cf. F. anagrammatiser. ] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]