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  1. 1. n. A word/composition">composition, usually in word/verse">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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Alt. of Acrostical Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. word/verse">verse in which word/certain">certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. A word/composition">composition, usually in word/verse">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, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. Source: webster
  7. 7. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n. word/verse">verse in which word/certain">certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message Source: ecdict

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