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alphabet

al.pha.bet \'al-f*-.bet, -b*t\ n [ME alphabete, fr. LL alphabetum, fr. Gk 
   alphabe-tos, fr.]alpha + be-t beta 1a: a set of letters or other characters 
   with which one or more languages are written esp. if arranged in a 
   customary order 1b: a system of signs or signals that serve as equivalents 
   for letters  2: RUDIMENTS, ELEMENTS