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en⋅ci⋅pher

  [en-sahy-fer]
Use encipher in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
Origin:
1570–80; en- 1 + cipher

Related forms:
en⋅ci⋅pher⋅er, noun
en⋅ci⋅pher⋅ment, noun
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en·ci·pher   (ěn-sī'fər)   
tr.v.   en·ci·phered, en·ci·pher·ing, en·ci·phers
To put (a message, for example) into cipher.
en·ci'pher·er n., en·ci'pher·ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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