decrypt

[ dee-kript, di- ]

/ diˈkrɪpt, dɪ- /

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verb (used with object)

to decode or decipher.

Nearby words

decretum, decrial, decriminalize, decrudescence, decry, decrypt, decubital, decubitus, decubitus calculus, decubitus paralysis, decubitus ulcer

Origin of decrypt

First recorded in 1935–40; de- + crypt(ogram)

Related forms

de·cryp·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for decrypt

Only the participants in any given chat have the keys to decrypt and read their own chats.
Crypto for the Masses: Here’s How You Can Resist the NSA|Quinn Norton|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Assange did not have to decrypt them to share them with The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel.
Blame the Defense Department for WikiLeaks|James C. Goodale|March 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This is because they would be only available in encrypted form and there would be no way for someone like Assange to decrypt them.
Blame the Defense Department for WikiLeaks|James C. Goodale|March 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
No one may be able decrypt its email quickly without its help.
How the State Department Can Stop the Next WikiLeaks|James C. Goodale|December 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Because if they can decrypt it with your public key, it can only have been encrypted with your private key.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Tomorrow, we'll bring you back and ask you to decrypt the data on these memory sticks.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
I'd decrypt it, read it, re-encrypt it with your boss's real public key and send it on.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
I want you to unlock this phone and then decrypt the files in its memory.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for decrypt

decrypt

/ (diːˈkrɪpt) /

verb (tr)

to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key

to make intelligible (a television or other signal) that has been deliberately distorted for transmission

Derived Forms

decrypted, adjectivedecryption, noun

Word Origin for decrypt

C20: from de- + crypt, as in cryptic

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