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cryptograph

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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
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cryp·to·gram   (krĭp'tə-grām')   
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')   
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.
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