(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:44:20

Al`pha*bet"ic (#), Al`pha*bet"ic*al (#), a. [Cf. F. alphab'etique.]

1.

Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

2.

Literal.

[Obs.] "Alphabetical servility."

Milton.

 

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