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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alphabet \Al"pha*bet\, n. [L. alphabetum fr Gr ? + ?, the
first two Greek letters; Heb. [=a]leph 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alphabet \Al"pha*bet\, v. t.
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange
alphabetically. [R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alphabet
n : a character set that includes letters
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