Alphabet

[Writing]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [R.]