encrypt

verb

en·​crypt in-ˈkript 

en-

encrypted; encrypting; encrypts

transitive verb

1

: encipher

2

: encode sense 1a

Examples of encrypt in a Sentence

The software will encrypt the message before it is sent.

Recent Examples on the Web

The company also says Samsung Knox helps secure the digital ID on Galaxy devices and that ID information is encrypted directly on the device. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

Provided both devices run at least the 2021-vintage Android 12 and the Phone by Google app—not a third-party dialer from Samsung or another firm—your contact’s phone will verify a real call by sending an end-to-end-encrypted confirmation signal to your phone. —Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026

For starters, data in your app should be encrypted. —Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 June 2026

According to Traina, the biometric data is encrypted, sent to the user’s device, and subsequently deleted. —Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for encrypt

• conscript
• decrypt
• descript
• equipped
• outstripped
• postscript
• rescript
• subscript
• transcript
• transhipped
• typescript
• unzipped

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