verb
- past tense of cipher; encoded or decoded a message using a secret code
- past tense of cipher; calculated or worked out mathematically
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The spy cyphered the secret message before sending it.
- She cyphered the enemy’s communications to reveal their plans.
- The mathematician cyphered the complex equation on his slate.
- They cyphered the coded telegram using the standard military cipher.
- He cyphered through the night to solve the mathematical problem.
- The intelligence officer cyphered the intercepted radio transmission.