encrypt

verb

en·​crypt in-ˈkript How to pronounce encrypt (audio)
en-
encrypted; encrypting; encrypts

Examples of encrypt in a Sentence

The software will encrypt the message before it is sent.
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All data stored in Enpass vaults is encrypted — every field and all attachments. PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025 End-to-end encryption means your message is fully encrypted while in transit, including while transiting the communications provider’s networks. Frederick Scholl, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025 Telegram is the other non-Chinese billion-user-plus platform, but it’s not fully encrypted. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 Signal was launched in 2014 for iOS devices by a non-profit group, Open Whisper Systems, which offered users free encrypted calls and, one year later, encrypted instant messaging. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for encrypt

Word History

Etymology

en- entry 1 + -crypt (in cryptanalysis, cryptogram), perhaps after decrypt

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of encrypt was in 1944

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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encrypt. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

encrypt

verb
en·​crypt
in-ˈkript
: to change (information) from one form to another especially to hide its meaning
encrypt the message
encryption
-ˈkrip-shən
noun

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