encipher(v = verb.communication) cipher, code, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
is one way to encode
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

encipher, v.tr.
1 write (a message etc.) in cipher.
2 convert into coded form using a cipher.

Derivative:
encipherment n.