encrypt
verb/ɪnˈkɹɪpt/
Etymology From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).
1
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
- All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security.
2
Computing, Cryptography, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode.
- The data was encrypted in transit using AES-GCM.
- Derived terms
- encryptable, encrypter, encryptor, reencrypt, self-encrypting, signcrypt, superencrypt, unencrypt
- Related terms
- encryption