superencipher

[soo-per-en-sahy-fer]

verb (used with object)

Cryptography.

1. to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.

Other Word Forms

• superencipherment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of superencipher¹

First recorded in 1960–65; super- + encipher

Example Sentences

“Moreover, unlike Mauborgne’s conscious invention, or the Germans’ conscious adoption of the one-time pad to superencipher their Foreign Office codes, it had no echo, no use in cryptology.

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