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Alphabetic   /ˌælfəbˈɛtɪk/   Listen
Alphabetic

adjective
1.
Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet.  Synonym: alphabetical.
2.
Arranged in order according to the alphabet.  Synonym: alphabetical.  "Dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"



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"Alphabetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... descendants of any of the ten tribes are the Spomerim, or Samaritans; whose chief peculiarity is, that they acknowledge as sacred only the five books of Moses: for, although other books held sacred by the Jews are known to them, such books are not written in the same ancient alphabetic character as those of the Samaritan Pentateuch. The ten tribes were then taken captive B.C. 721 (2 Kings xvii. 24—41.). The inference is, therefore, that all the books, from Joshua to Malachi inclusive, had not been composed or admitted into the holy ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 • Various
... that he gave his opinion in writing to the man, that "the marks on the paper appeared to be merely an imitation of various alphabetic characters, and had no meaning at all ...
— Monsieur Violet • Frederick Marryat


Words linked to "Alphabetic" :   alphabetised, alphabetical, alphabet, alphabetized, analphabetic, abecedarian, alphabetic writing


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