"encrypt" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encrypt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: encrypts [present, singular, third-person], encrypting [participle, present], encrypted [participle, past], encrypted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪpt Etymology: en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|en-|-crypt}} en- + -crypt, {{der|en|grc|κρυπτός||lit=hidden, concealed, private, secret}} Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} encrypt (third-person singular simple present encrypts, present participle encrypting, simple past and past participle encrypted)
  1. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher. Synonyms: encode Related terms: encryption Translations (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher): encriptar (Catalan), 加密 (jiāmì) (Chinese Mandarin), zašifrovat (Czech), kryptere (Danish), versleutelen (Dutch), coderen (Dutch), vercijferen (Dutch), encrypteren (Dutch), ĉifri (Esperanto), kryptata (Finnish), salata (Finnish), koodata (Finnish), coder (French), chiffrer (French), crypter (French), encriptar (Galician), verschlüsseln (German), ankripte (Haitian Creole), הצפין (Hebrew), titkosít (Hungarian), dulrita (Icelandic), cifrare (Italian), 暗号化する (angōka-suru) (Japanese), 암호화하다 (amhohwahada) (Korean), šifruoti (Lithuanian), szyfrować (Polish), encriptar (Portuguese), cifrar (Portuguese), codificar (Portuguese), criptar (Portuguese), cripta (Romanian), шифрова́ть (šifrovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зашифрова́ть (zašifrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cifrar (Spanish), encriptar (Spanish), codificar (Spanish), kryptera (Swedish), şifrelemek (Turkish)

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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
      "word": "cripta"
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      "roman": "šifrovátʹ",
      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zašifrovátʹ",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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      "sense": "to conceal information by means of a code or cipher",
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  "word": "encrypt"
}

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