"anagramize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: anagramizes [present, singular, third-person], anagramizing [participle, present], anagramized [participle, past], anagramized [past]
Etymology: From anagram + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|anagram|ize}} anagram + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} anagramize (third-person singular simple present anagramizes, present participle anagramizing, simple past and past participle anagramized)
  1. (American and Oxford British spelling) To make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram. Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagramise (english: non-Oxford British spelling)

Inflected forms

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