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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, n. [Gr. ?; ? extreme + ? order, line,
verse.]
1. A composition, usually in 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.
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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}.
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{Double acrostic}, a species of enigma, in which words are to
be guessed whose initial and final letters form other
words.
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