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English Dictionary: acrostic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for acrostic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acrostic n a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across Synonym(s): word square, acrostic verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] extreme + [?] order, line, verse.] 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. 2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See {Abecedarian}. {Double acrostic}, a species of enigma
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acrostic \Acros"tic\, Acrostical \Acros"tic*al\, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.