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English Dictionary: alphabetic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alphabetic
adj
  1. relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system"
    Synonym(s): alphabetic, alphabetical
    Antonym(s): analphabetic
  2. arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"
    Synonym(s): alphabetic, alphabetical
    Antonym(s): analphabetic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alphabetic \Al`pha*bet"ic\, Alphabetical \Al`pha*bet"ic*al\, a.
      [Cf. F. alphab[82]tique.]
      1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the
            order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic
            characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
  
      2. Literal. [Obs.] [bd]Alphabetical servility.[b8] --Milton.
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