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cryptograph

cryptograph noun: a cipher or cryptogram.

Noun

cryptograph (plural cryptographs)

  1. A cipher or cryptogram.
    • decipherers of cryptograph1873, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
  2. A device used for encrypting or decrypting text.

Verb

cryptograph (third-person singular simple present cryptographs, present participle cryptographing, simple past and past participle cryptographed)

  1. (rare) To write text using a code or cipher.

Forms of cryptograph

Noun
pluralcryptographs
Verb
third-person singular presentcryptographs
present participlecryptographing
past participlecryptographed
pastcryptographed

Origin of cryptograph

From crypto- + -graph.

Words formed from cryptograph

Questions about cryptograph

What does cryptograph mean?
Cryptograph means a cipher or cryptogram.
What part of speech is cryptograph?
Cryptograph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cryptograph?
The plural of cryptograph is cryptographs.

Words near cryptograph in the dictionary

  1. cryptogrammist
  2. cryptogrammists
  3. cryptograms
  4. cryptograndioside
  5. cryptograndoside
  6. cryptograph
  7. cryptographal
  8. cryptographed
  9. cryptographer
  10. cryptographers
  11. cryptographic

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