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Definition of Encipher
1. Verb. Convert ordinary language into code. "We should encode the message for security reasons"
Generic synonyms: Encode
Derivative terms: Cipher, Cipher, Code, Code, Coder, Coding, Cypher, Cypher, Encryption
Definition of Encipher
1. Verb. To convert plain text into cipher; to encrypt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encipher
1. to write in characters of hidden meaning [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encipher
Literary usage of Encipher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"The act of fixing a gun in a prepared position from which it may be fired.
encipher—(DOD) To convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a ..."
2. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"... encipher) messages and data are based on sophisticated mathematics and are
usually implemented using computers or dedicated microprocessors. ..."
3. Footlight Flashes by William Pleater Davidge (1866)
"... increase the dilemma he saw Goulson was laboring under from his inability to
encipher the writing, turned down the gas light at the wing where he stood, ..."
4. Guidelines for the Evaluation of X.500 Directory Products by John Tebbutt (1996)
"Each of these keys may be used to encipher or decipher the user's authentication
information, in a complementary fashion (ie, if the information was ..."
5. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"encipher.—A cryptogram or a message as it appears in cipher. Encircle.—To pass
around, as in a circle; to encompass, inclose or surround, ..."
6. Trusted Network Interpretation of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation (1994)
"When encryption is used for authentication service, it can be provided by encipher-
ment or signature mechanisms. In conventional private-key cryptosystems, ..."
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