anagramize

verb

anagramize

verb

Etymology From anagram + -ize.

1

To make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.

American and Oxford British spelling

  • ...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:
2 more examples
  • 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:

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