Cipher

//ˈsaɪfɚ//

Definitions

1
A numeric character.
Similar
number numeral digit
2
Any text character.
In ſucceeding times this vnderſtanding wiſedome began to be written in Ciphers, and Characters, and letters bearing the forme of beaſtes, birds, and other creatures; […]
3
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
a painter's cipher
Similar
device monogram

1
To calculate.
I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.
2

Word Origin

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty”), from صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to be empty”). Doublet of chiffre and...

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Cipher

//ˈsaɪfɚ//

Definitions

nounciphers

1
A numeric character.
Similar
number numeral digit
2
Any text character.
In ſucceeding times this vnderſtanding wiſedome began to be written in Ciphers, and Characters, and letters bearing the forme of beaſtes, birds, and other creatures; […]
3
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
a painter's cipher
Similar
device monogram

verbciphers · ciphering · ciphered

1
To calculate.
I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.
2

Word Origin

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty”), from صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to be empty”). Doublet of chiffre and...

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To write in code or cipher.

3

Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.