1. Encipher
2. To compute arithmetically
To convert (a message) into cipher.
1. See encrypt.
2. In programming, to put something into code, which frequently involves changing the form—for example, changing a decimal number to binary-coded form. See also binary-coded decimal, EBCDIC.
To convert ordinary language into code; SYN. code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code.
To encode a text or data so as to render it unreadable by others.
put into code.