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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

alphabetum

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] + [GREEK], the first two Greek letters; Heb.

āleph

and

beth

: cf. F.

alphabet

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

The simplest rudiments; elements.

The very

alphabet

of our law.

Macaulay.

Deaf and dumb alphabet

See

Verb.

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

[R.]

Noun.

[Gr.]

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters which form the elements of speech.

Verb.

To arrange in the order of an alphabet; to form an alphabet in a book, or designate the leaves by the letters of the alphabet.