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Arrange in every possible way
Answer for the clue "Arrange in every possible way ", 7 letters:
permute
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Word definitions for permute in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Permute \Per*mute"\, v. t. [L. permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change: cf. F. permuter.] To interchange; to transfer reciprocally. To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obs.] Bought, trucked, permuted, or given. --Hakluyt.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To change the order of something. 2 (context transitive mathematics English) To make a permutation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to change one for another," from French permuter or directly from Latin permutare "to change thoroughly" (see permutation ). Mathematical sense from 1878.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: commute , transpose ]
Usage examples of permute.
Cleanse your heart and soul of all other thoughts in the world, then begin to permute a number of letters.
She cannot even start with the Name itself, but must first permute other words with pen and paper until the pen falls spontaneously from her hand.
In a table he permuted the numbers 1 to 4 in two-, three-, and four-digit groups, from 11 to 4444, and used these as 336 codegroups for a small code.
But Kallik replied solemnly: "Every three-digit multiple of thirty-seven remains a multiple of thirty-seven when its digits are cyclically permuted.
Indeed, a sexually reproducing species can be thought of as a device that permutes a discrete set of mutually accustomed genes in different combinations.