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