Acrostic definition

Acrostic

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WordNet

(1) Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message

(2) A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across

WiktionaryText

A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
A particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.