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Main Entry:: en·code
Pronunciation:: \in-ˈkōd, en-\
Function:: transitive verb
Date:: circa 1919

1 a: to convert (as a body of information) from one system of communication into another ; especially : to convert (a message) into code b: to convey symbolically <the capacity of poetry to encode ideology — J. D. Niles>2: to specify the genetic code for

— en·cod·er noun

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