Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language..

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Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter..
Letterpress :: Letterpress (n.) Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
Expostulatory :: Expostulatory (a.) Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter..
Apocopate :: Apocopate (v. t.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..
Packet :: Packet (n.) A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters..
Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager..
Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. i.) To sign one's name to a letter or other document.
Write :: Write (v. i.) To compose or send letters.
Character :: Character (n.) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character..
Lecturn :: Lecturn (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.].
Lettered :: Lettered (imp. & p. p.) of Lette.
Leopardwood :: Leopardwood (n.) See Letterwood.
Communication :: Communication (n.) Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Epithesis :: Epithesis (n.) The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles..
Postpositive :: Postpositive (a.) Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter..
Homophone :: Homophone (n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
Letterless :: Letterless (a.) Not having a letter.
Literal :: Literal (a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters..
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