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Definition of "cryptograph" []

  • See cryptogram. (noun)
  • A system of secret or cipher writing; a cipher. (noun)
  • A device for translating plain text into cipher. (noun)
  • A device for deciphering codes and ciphers. (noun)
  • To write (a message, for example) in code or cipher. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cryptograph" in a sentence
  • "Now, at the very first letter Jarriquez was stopped in his calculations, for the difference in alphabetical position between the d and the p gave him not one cipher, but two, namely, 12, and in this kind of cryptograph only one letter can take the place of another."
  • "_p_ gave him not one cipher, but two, namely, 12, and in this kind of cryptograph only one letter can take the place of another."
  • "As it was, I assumed the cryptograph to be English."