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

Your internet provider can see your IP address, but your DNS records are encrypted. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

If complications arise, such as from the data being encrypted, another hearing will be scheduled. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

When a creator designates an episode as ‘premium’ via their dashboard, TrueFans encrypts the audio file to prevent unauthorized access through RSS feeds. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Few details of either incident were publicly available in real time because OPD encrypted its scanner traffic last year, hiding the activity of its officers. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 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