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transliterate

[trans-lit-uh-reyt, tranz-] / trænsˈlɪt əˌreɪt, trænz- /
VERB
do
Synonyms
STRONGEST
resolve work out
STRONG
adapt decipher decode interpret render translate transpose
WEAK
puzzle out
Antonyms
WEAK
defer destroy fail idle lose miss neglect pass put off undo
VERB
render
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deliver interpret reproduce
STRONG
construe paraphrase pass put restate reword state transcribe transpose turn
Antonyms
STRONG
take
WEAK
cloud conceal confuse fail obscure remove suppress
VERB
transcribe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decipher duplicate interpret reprint reproduce rewrite translate write out
STRONG
engross note record render tape transfer
WEAK
copy out set out take down tape-record
Antonyms
STRONG
ignore
VERB
translate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
convert decipher put render spell out transcribe turn
STRONG
construe decode elucidate explicate gloss paraphrase reword simplify transpose
WEAK
do into make clear metaphrase
Antonyms
STRONGEST
remove take
STRONG
complicate confuse mystify obscure
WEAK
stagnate

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Transliterate them into Roman alphabet spellings and Arabic numerals, and somewhere, somebody would spot each numerical significance, as Hubert Penrose and Mort Tranter and she had done with the table of elements.

From Omnilingual by Freas, Kelly

Transliterate, trans-lit′e-rāt, v.t. to express the words of one language in the alphabetic characters of another.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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