encode
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
had been encoding
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past perfect progressiveof encode.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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The Germans had been encoding their messages with this machine since the early 1930s.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020
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