cipher
noun
a secret method of writing or recording data, such as by substituting or adding letters or numbers, using specially formed symbols, or the like; code.
had ciphered
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past perfectof cipher.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By and by he said he had ciphered out two or three ways, but there warn't no need to decide on any of them yet.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark
I read it afore you did, and had ciphered out the whole thing.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
