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Re: Cypher?????
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Word: cypher
cy-pher chiefly Brit var of
CIPHER
Word: cipher
1ci-pher \'suE-fer\ n, often attrib
[ME, fr. MF cifre, fr. ML cifra, fr. Ar s.ifr empty, cipher, zero]
(14c)
1a: ZERO 1a
1b: one that has no weight, worth, or influence: NONENTITY
2a: a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning -- compare
CODE 3b
2b: a message in code
3: ARABIC NUMERAL
4: a combination of symbolic letters; esp: the interwoven initials of
a name
2cipher vb ci-phered; ci-pher-ing \-f(e-)ri{nj}\ vi
(1530)
:to use figures in a mathematical process
~ vt
1: ENCIPHER
2: to compute arithmetically
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