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View synonyms for cryptograph
cryptograph
[ krip-tuh-graf, -grahf ]
noun
- a system of secret writing; cipher.
- a device for translating clear text into cipher.
cryptograph
/ -ˌɡrɑːf; ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡræf /
noun
- something written in code or cipher
- a code using secret symbols ( cryptograms )
- a device for translating text into cipher, or vice versa
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Origin of cryptograph1
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Example Sentences
In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief.
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But be assured that the specimen before us appertains to the very simplest species of cryptograph.
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It is a cryptograph, but a simple one, familiar to school children.
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It would involve a discussion of chemical symbols and formul which would make the printed page a cryptograph.
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Pray, Matthew, do you see any one sign repeated oftener than the others in this cryptograph?
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