Al"pha*bet (#), n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. αλφα + βητα, the first two Greek letters; Heb. aleph and beth: cf. F. alphabet.]
1.
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
2.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
The very alphabet of our law.
Macaulay.
Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.
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Al"pha*bet, v. t.
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
[R.]
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