encrypt

[ en-kript ]

/ ɛnˈkrɪpt /

verb (used with object)

Nearby words

encrinite, encroach, encroachment, encrust, encrustation, encrypt, encryption, enculturate, enculturation, encumber, encumbrance

Origin of encrypt

1940–45; en-¹ + -crypt (abstracted from cryptic, cryptography, etc.), modeled on encode

Related forms

en·cryp·tion, en·cryp·ta·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for encrypted

He says device makers also will have to meet a slew of security requirements: Can the device be encrypted?
How Your Pacemaker Will Get Hacked|Kaiser Health News|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our systems are far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple.
‘The Fappening 4’: More Celeb Nudes Leak Online Including the First Man, Seems to Be Dying Down|Marlow Stern|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Using HTTPS, however, changes that, and makes sure your information is protected and encrypted as you happily surf across the web.
Surf Better With These 9 Killer Google Chrome Extensions|Brian Ries|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There are now several forms of encrypted digital currency out there; WikiLeaks suggests Litecoin as another option.
How to Help Pay for Snowden’s Getaway Without Being Caught? Bitcoins.|Winston Ross|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Saudi Arabia is threatening to shut down Skype and other encrypted services.
What Were Egypt’s Divers Up To With Underwater Cables?|Christopher Dickey|March 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I signed it and encrypted it with my private key and the public key Masha had provided.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Because if they can decrypt it with your public key, it can only have been encrypted with your private key.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Then I came to one that was only encrypted to my public key.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
People just don't care enough about their privacy to surf the net through an encrypted link.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
There were a couple dozen encrypted messages from people in the web of trust.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for encrypted

encrypt

/ (ɪnˈkrɪpt) /

verb (tr)

to put (a message) into code

to put (computer data) into a coded form

to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment

Derived Forms

encrypted, adjectiveencryption, noun

Word Origin for encrypt

C20: from en- 1 + crypt, as in crypto-

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Science definitions for encrypted

encrypt

[ ĕn-krĭpt ]

To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.