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

After the ride ends, the recording remains encrypted and cannot be accessed by the driver, guardian or teen. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

OpenAI also says those files are plain-text Markdown files and Computer History does not encrypt them itself. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

During transfer, files are encrypted and divided into smaller pieces. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Rather than composing the harmful instruction in plaintext, the hacker encrypts it. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 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