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enciphered

enciphered is the simple past and past participle of encipher.

Meaning of encipher

Verb

encipher (third-person singular simple present enciphers, present participle enciphering, simple past and past participle enciphered)

  1. To convert plain text into cipher.
    Synonyms:
    encode, encrypt
    Antonyms:
    decode, decipher, decrypt

Words formed from enciphered

Questions about enciphered

What is enciphered the simple past and past participle of?
Enciphered is the simple past and past participle of encipher.

Words near enciphered in the dictionary

  1. encindering
  2. encinders
  3. Encinitas
  4. Encino
  5. encipher
  6. enciphered
  7. encipherer
  8. encipherers
  9. enciphering
  10. encipherment
  11. encipherments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enciphered (page history and authors); encipher (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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