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 promises your recordings are encrypted during transmission, and your data isn't stored, shared or used to train AI models. — New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026

Most VPNs hide your IP address and encrypt your connection, then leave you to discover a malicious site after the damage is done. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026

If someone finds or steals it, does the information remain encrypted and inaccessible? — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

To encrypt messages with RSA, someone just needs to know one of these numbers, which, like RSA-260, have only two prime factors; decryption requires knowing both specific primes. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 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