Alphabet

n. [Lat. alphabetum, Gr. ἀλφάβητος, from ἄλφα and βῆτα, the first two Greek letters; Fr. & Pr. alphabet.] The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters which form the elements of written language.

[imp. & p. p. ALPHABETED; p. pr. & vb. n. ALPHABETING.] To arrange in the order of an alphabet; to designate by the letters of the alphabet.