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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

encode

/(ĕn*kōd")/ · en·code · IPA /ɪnˈkoʊd/
01 v. t. To convert (a text, data) into a series of secret symbols by means of a code{5}; to encrypt.
  1. 1.
    To convert (a text, data) into a series of secret symbols by means of a code{5}; to encrypt. See: code