encipher

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verb

To convert plain text into cipher.

Similar
encodeencryptcodeciphercypherinscribewrite in code
Opposite
decodedecipherdecrypt
OriginEnglish cipher ← Middle English en- ← Old French en- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person enciphers · participle present enciphering · participle past enciphered · past enciphered

  1. To convert plain text into cipher.

    Synonyms: encode, encrypt · Antonyms: decode, decipher, decrypt

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo convert plain text into cipher.

Similar
encodeencrypt
Opposite
decodedecipherdecrypt

More synonyms by meaning

verbconvert ordinary language into code

Similar
codeciphercypherencryptinscribewrite in code
Broader
encode
Also see
ciphercodecypherencodeencryptinscribe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishcipher
  9. Englishencipher

From en- + cipher.

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Translations

Czech zašifrovat
  • zašifrovatto encrypt
Finnish salakirjoittaa
  • salakirjoittaato encrypt
Icelandic dulrita
  • dulritato encrypt
Polish zaszyfrować
  • zaszyfrowaćto encrypt
Swedish kryptera, chiffrera
  • krypterato encrypt
  • chiffrerato encrypt
Cite this entry
APA

encipher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encipher

MLA

“encipher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encipher. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encipher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encipher.

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