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- cipher⇄adj. cipherable.
- cipher⇄cipher, noun, verb.
- cipher⇄noun 1. secret writing or code. A cipher transposes the letters of a message according to a set pattern, or replaces the proper letters with substitutes called for in the system used, or combines both methods.
Ex. Part of the spy's letter is in cip - cipher⇄v.i. to do arithmetic; use figures to work arithmetical problems.
Ex. She can read, write and cipher. - cipher⇄v.t. 1a. to work by arithmetic; compute.
Ex. The manufacturer ciphered it with his eyes on the ceiling (Josiah G. Holland).
b. (U.S.: Informal.) to figure out; calculate; think.
Ex. She puzzles her brain to cipher out some scheme for g