encipher

To convert plain text into cipher.

Verb

  1. To convert plain text into cipher.

    Synonyms: encode encrypt

    Antonyms: decode decipher decrypt

    Coordinate Terms: recode recipher

Origin

Etymology tree 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.

Forms

enciphers enciphering enciphered

Derived

encipherer encipherment superencipher unenciphered