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encipher, v.|ɛnˈsaɪfə(r)|
Also 6 incipher.
[f. en-1 + cipher n.]
trans. a. To write (a letter) in cipher: to record in cipher. b. To combine in a cipher or monogram with.
1577Holinshed Chron. III. 1229/2, I saw two letters, the one inciphered and the other disciphered. 1651Life Father Sarpi 141 That under the Quadragesimale, there were three persons enciphred. 1826E. Irving Babylon II. v. 22 [Napoleon] Permitting his name to be enciphered with the..name of Jehovah.
Senses a, b in Dict. become 1, 2. Add: [1.] b. To convert (a message, text, etc.) into coded form using a cipher; to encrypt.
1885E. S. Farrow Mil. Encycl. III. 113 To encipher a message in the General Service Code, write it in words without punctuation marks, [etc.]. 1890Murray's Mag. Oct. 453 They first encipher the message with such a key as the alphabet inverted. 1916Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 79/1 How the notes are enciphered, coded, guarded against errors..is one of the features of interest concerning these international communications. 1960New Scientist 10 Nov. 1270/2 (heading) Piped light to encipher photographs. 1982Computerworld 14 June 26/4 Use of the National Bureau of Standards' Data Encryption Standard to encipher a message would make it impossible to understand the data.
Hence enˈciphered ppl. a., enˈciphering vbl. n.
1959C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) v. 156 The enciphered message giving our location and needs. 1977Business Week 13 June 42d/2 The results are..sent to someone with another Datotek device, where the enciphering procedure is reversed. 1989F. Forsyth Negotiator vi. 144 He had spoken with David Weintraub on the enciphered link while Concorde was airborne. |