cryptograph

[ krip-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈkrɪp təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

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noun

cryptogram(def 1).

a system of secret writing; cipher.

a device for translating clear text into cipher.

RELATED WORDS

cipher, conceal

Nearby words

cryptocurrency, cryptogam, cryptogenic, cryptogenic septicemia, cryptogram, cryptograph, cryptography, cryptolith, cryptology, cryptomenorrhea, cryptomeria

Origin of cryptograph

First recorded in 1635–45; crypto- + -graph

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Examples from the Web for cryptograph

Natural history is not a cryptograph to be deciphered, it is a series of facts and incidents to be observed and recorded.
Ways of Nature|John Burroughs
In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief.
The Short-story|William Patterson Atkinson
It is a cryptograph, but a simple one, familiar to school children.
Nooks and Corners of Old New York|Charles Hemstreet
But be assured that the specimen before us appertains to the very simplest species of cryptograph.
The Short-story|William Patterson Atkinson

The cryptograph used throughout the war was perfected by him, and baffled all attempts of the enemy to translate it.
Cleveland Past and Present|Maurice Joblin

British Dictionary definitions for cryptograph

cryptograph

/ (ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf) /

noun

something written in code or cipher

a code using secret symbols (cryptograms)

a device for translating text into cipher, or vice versa

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