encipher

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English en-
English cipher
English encipher

    From en- + cipher.

    Verb

    encipher (third-person singular simple present enciphers, present participle enciphering, simple past and past participle enciphered)

    1. To convert plain text into cipher.
      Synonyms: encode, encrypt
      Antonyms: decode, decipher, decrypt
      Coordinate terms: recode, recipher

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