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.
has ciphered
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present perfectof cipher (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has ciphered it all down to a demonstration.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Paine, Albert Bigelow
Everybody, moreover, who has ciphered upon a school-slate must remember the whitish-green spots which sometimes dotted the surface of the slate, and over which the pencil usually slid as if the spots were greasy.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
