encrypt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode.

/ɪnˈkɹɪpt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encrypt.wav

encrypt encrypts encrypting encrypted

From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

encode

decode decrypt

encryption

encryptable encrypter encryptor reencrypt self-encrypting signcrypt superencrypt unencrypt

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