encipher

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈsaɪfə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(en sī′fər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•ci•pher  (en sī′fər),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. Cryptographyto convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
  • en-1 + cipher 1570–80
en•ci′pher•er, n. 
en•ci′pher•ment, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
encipher / ɪnˈsaɪfə/
  1. (transitive) to convert (a message, document, etc) from plain text into code or cipher; encode
enˈciphererenˈcipherment
'encipher' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
encrypt - keyword - knapsack problem - superencipher

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