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单词 encipher
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encipherv.

Brit. /ᵻnˈsʌɪfə/, /ɛnˈsʌɪfə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsaɪfər/, /ɛnˈsaɪfər/
Forms: Also 1500s incipher.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + cipher n.
transitive.
a. To write (a letter) in cipher: to record in cipher.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > express in code [verb (transitive)]
cipher1565
encipher1587
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1229/2 I saw two letters, the one inciphered and the other disciphered.
b. To combine in a cipher or monogram with.
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society > communication > writing > written character > represent by written character [verb (transitive)] > express by or decorate with monogram
ciphera1628
encipher1651
monogram1912
1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. K7 That under the Quadragesimale, there were three persons enciphred.
1826 E. Irving Babylon II. v. 22 [Napoleon] Permitting his name to be enciphered with the..name of Jehovah.

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b. To convert (a message, text, etc.) into coded form using a cipher; to encrypt.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > express in code [verb (transitive)] > convert into code
code1873
encipher1885
encode1919
encrypt1950
1885 E. S. Farrow Mil. Encycl. III. 113 To encipher a message in the General Service Code, write it in words without punctuation marks, [etc.].
1890 Murray's Mag. Oct. 453 They first encipher the message with such a key as the alphabet inverted.
1916 Chambers'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.
1960 New Scientist 10 Nov. 1270/2 (heading) Piped light to encipher photographs.
1982 Computerworld 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.

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enˈciphered adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [adjective]
ciphered1611
characterical?a1617
cryptogrammic1860
encrypted1958
enciphered1959
1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) v. 156 The enciphered message giving our location and needs.
1989 F. Forsyth Negotiator vi. 144 He had spoken with David Weintraub on the enciphered link while Concorde was airborne.
enˈciphering n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > conversion into code
ciphering1536
coding1866
encoding1953
encryption1960
enciphering1977
1977 Business Week 13 June 42 d/2 The results are..sent to someone with another Datotek device, where the enciphering procedure is reversed.
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