Definition of Enciphering

1. Verb. (present participle of encipher) ¹

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Definition of Enciphering

1. encipher [v] - See also: encipher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enciphering

enchorial
enchoric
enchylemma
enchyma
encierro
encierros
encina
encinal
encinas
encincture
encindered
encipher
enciphered
encipherer
encipherers
enciphering (current term)
encipherment
encipherments
enciphers
encircle
encircled
encirclement
encirclements
encircles
encirclet
encirclets
encircling
encircling(a)
encise
encite

Literary usage of Enciphering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers by Parker Hitt (1916)
"... using a certain page of a book as a key, and the cipher with a running key, where each letter of the cipher is the key for enciphering the next letter, ..."

2. Manual of Visual Signaling of U.S. Signal Corps by (Capt.) D J Carr, D. J. Carr, Army, United States Army. Signal Corps, United States, Signal Corps (1905)
"Following the instructions heretofore given for enciphering, ... enciphering BY THE ALPHABETICAL SQUARE. Not having a cipher disk, the alphabet may be ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Sci Am 113:271 S 25 '15 enciphering and deciphering codes. F. Moorman. Sci Am 113:159 Ag 21 '15 Keeping government cipher-codes secret. ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"For military purposes, telegraph operators were looked upon as possessing the best qualifications for enciphering and deciphering secret communications, ..."

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