anagramize

English

Alternative forms

• anagramise

Etymology

anagram +‎ -ize

Verb

anagramize (third-person singular simple present anagramizes, present participle anagramizing, simple past and past participle anagramized)

1. To make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.
   • 1981, Osmond Beckwith, Vernon: An Anecdotal Novel, page 7:

     ...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;

   • 1990, Robert Hendrickson, British literary anecdotes, page 80:

     She only renounced such claims when a judge anagramized "Dame Eleanor Davies" into "Never so mad a ladie."

   • 2000, Rain Taxi - Volumes 5-7, page 19:

     He might search and replace certain words, dissolve the text down to key phrases, anagramize each line, or string verbal fragments into a story.

   • 2014, Paul Di Filippo, Harsh Oases: Stories:

     ou might notice Bruce's surname anagramized into that of the protagonist.