encrypt

[ en-kript ]

/ ɛnˈkrɪpt /

verb (used with object)

Content related to encrypt

Words nearby encrypt

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

OTHER WORDS FROM encrypt

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 of encrypt

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.