The Only Use of
cipher
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Benedetto could read, write, and cipher perfectly, for when the fit seized him, he learned more in a day than others in a week.†
Chpt 43-44
Definition:
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(cipher as in: a secret cipher) a secret way to write a disguised message; or such a message; or the act of writing such a message; or a key used to disguise such a message