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Encipher

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To put (a message, for example) into cipher.

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v. To convert plain text into cipher; to encrypt

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To put into cipher. Also spelled encypher.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. convert ordinary language into code

Word Usage

"Someone who wanted to be especially devious could encipher a banal plaintext with the actually significant information embedded in the structure of the key."

Antonym

decipher

Verb Form

enciphered enciphering enciphers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

encode

Form

encipherment