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ENCIPHER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they encipher ... he / she / it enciphers
Past simple: enciphered
Past participle: enciphered
-ing form: enciphering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert ordinary language into code
Example:
We should encode the message for security reasons
Synonyms:
cipher; code; cypher; encipher; encrypt; inscribe; write in code
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "encipher" is one way to...):
encode (convert information into code)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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