Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters..

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Heterography :: Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger..
Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l..
Bull :: Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated a die Incarnationis, i. e., from the day of the Incarnation. See Apostolical brief, under Brief..
Holograph :: Holograph (n.) A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be..
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc..
Rescription :: Rescription (n.) A writing back; the answering of a letter.
Correspondence :: Correspondence (n.) The letters which pass between correspondents.
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Metaplasm :: Metaplasm (n.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.
Termination :: Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Telestich :: Telestich (n.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic..
Continuant :: Continuant (n.) A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
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..
Correspondence :: Correspondence (n.) Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters..
Nasalize :: Nasalize (v. t.) To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
Superscription :: Superscription (n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages..
Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines..
Initial :: Initial (a.) Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name..
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