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encrypt definition

en·crypt (en kript′)

transitive verb

  1. to encode or encipher
  2. Comput. to add an electronic digital code to (data) being sent over a public network to prevent its unauthorized detection, use, copying, etc.

Etymology: < en- + crypt(ogram)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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