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Cryptograph - 5 dictionary results

cryp⋅to⋅graph

[krip-tuh-graf, -grahf]
–noun
1. cryptogram (def. 1).
2. a system of secret writing; cipher.
3. a device for translating clear text into cipher.

Origin:
1635–45; crypto- + -graph
cryp·to·gram     (krĭp'tə-grām')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A piece of writing in code or cipher. Also called cryptograph.
  2. A figure or representation having a secret or occult significance.

cryp'to·gram'mic adj.
cryp·to·graph     (krĭp'tə-grāf')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. See cryptogram.
  2. A system of secret or cipher writing; a cipher.
    1. A device for translating plain text into cipher.
    2. A device for deciphering codes and ciphers.

tr.v.   cryp·to·graphed, cryp·to·graph·ing, cryp·to·graphs
To write (a message, for example) in code or cipher.

cryptograph

noun
1. a secret method of writing [syn: cipher
2. a piece of writing in code or cipher [syn: cryptogram
3. a device for deciphering codes and ciphers 

Cryptograph

Cryp"to*gram\ (kr?p"t?-gr?m), n. A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

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