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Definition of encrypt verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

encrypt

verb

NAmE//ɪnˈkrɪpt//

encrypt something (computing)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they encrypt

he / she / it encrypts

past simple encrypted

-ing form encrypting

to put information into a special code, especially in order to prevent people from looking at it without authority opposite decrypt

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encryption

NAmE//ɪnˈkrɪpʃn//

noun [uncountable]See encrypt in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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