ENCIPHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encipher mean? 

• ENCIPHER (verb)
  The verb ENCIPHER has 1 sense:

1. convert ordinary language into code

  Familiarity information: ENCIPHER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCIPHER (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cipher; code; cypher; encipher; encrypt; inscribe; write in code

Context example:

We should encode the message for security reasons

Hypernyms (to "encipher" is one way to...):

encode (convert information into code)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something