to encipher
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9.9
- verb
- /ɪnˈsaɪfər/
- Specialized
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- The spy learned how to encipher his messages to prevent enemies from understanding them.
- enciphered message
Examples
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Before sending the sensitive data, he made sure to encipher it so that only the intended recipient could read it.
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Yet, these ciphers required much more time to encipher and were too complex for everyday use.
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The fact that Enigma never enciphered anything to itself was a huge help.
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In the past, no cryptographer attempted to encipher a plaintext according to anything but letters.
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Once a PIN has been inserted into a PIN block, the block is enciphered under a PIN transport key before it is sent to the outside world.
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Another control that might be considered is one that enciphers all data in the hospital-based CPR database (United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment 1994).
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Grotjan's discovery capped one of the greatest cryptanalyses of all time: enciphered Japanese diplomatic cables were now comprehensible.
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To embed enciphering technology into a hospital-based CPR, the systems management team has to integrate it smoothly into existing applications; it must be virtually transparent to the intended users within the hospital system.
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To keep the information secure, she decided to encipher the document using a special code.
Synonyms
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6.7
Change information into a code to stop other people from reading it
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4.3
To change a message into signs or numbers so others cannot read it
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4.9
To change information into a special code a computer can read or to keep it secret
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9.1
To put a message into a secret code
To put a message into a secret code
Antonyms
How Secure
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Encipher breaks into the prefix en- meaning 'in' and the word cipher, which once meant 'zero'. Think of putting a message 'in' a string of 'zeros' or numbers to hide it, so to encipher is to turn words into a secret code that others cannot read without the key.