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encrypt

[ en-kript ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code:

    The letter was encrypted before being mailed to protect it from any prying eyes.

  2. Computers. to change (digital data) into a form that cannot be read without converting it back using a unique key:

    The protocol encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be stolen.



encrypt

/ ɪ²Ôˈ°ì°ùɪ±è³Ù /

verb

  1. to put (a message) into code
  2. to put (computer data) into a coded form
  3. to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

encrypt

/ Ä•²Ô-°ì°ùÄ­±è³Ù /

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

  • ±ð²Ôˈ³¦°ù²â±è³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
  • ±ð²Ôˈ³¦°ù²â±è³Ù±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð²Ô·³¦°ù²â±è·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô ±ð²Ô·³¦°ù²â±è·³Ù²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [en-krip-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of encrypt1

First recorded in 1940–45; en- 1 + -crypt (abstracted from cryptic ( def ), cryptography ( def ), etc.), modeled on encode ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of encrypt1

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

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"I think he just joined an encrypted app," he said.

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While Signal is encrypted from end to end, all you have to do is take screenshots of the conversations to bypass the encryption protocols.

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Goldberg shocked Washington earlier this week when he published an initial article recounting how he had found himself added to the chat group on Signal, an encrypted messaging app.

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Messages are end-to-end encrypted only if both people are using the same app.

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The Atlantic editor-in-chief revealed he's weighing sharing the content of the messages after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied sending any sensitive information in a group chat over the encrypted messaging app Signal.

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