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transliterate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transliterate  \Trans*lit"er*ate\,  v.  t.  [Pref.  trans-  +  L. 
  litera,  littera  letter.] 
  To  express  or  represent  in  the  characters  of  another 
  alphabet;  as  to  transliterate  Sanskrit  words  by  means  of 
  English  letters.  --A.  J.  Ellis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  transliterate 
  v  :  rewrite  in  a  different  script;"The  Sanskrit  text  had  to  be 
  transliterated"  [syn:  {transcribe}] 




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