cipher
/ˈsaɪfɚ/ verb C2- To calculate. · I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.
- To write in code or cipher.
- Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
He/she/it ciphers · Past ciphered · Past participle ciphered · -ing form ciphering
Verb forms
- Base form
- cipher
- He/she/it
- ciphers
- Past
- ciphered
- Past participle
- ciphered
- -ing form
- ciphering
From the library
I cannot doubt that, if we had the cipher, we should find that this communication is of the nature that I indicate.”
“But what is the use of a cipher message without the cipher?”
“Your native shrewdness, my dear Watson, that innate cunning which is the delight of your friends, would surely prevent you from inclosing cipher and message in the same envelope.
He came to me quite unexpectedly after I had actually addressed this envelope with the intention of sending you the key to the cipher.
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