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en·crypt

(ĕn-krĭpt′)

tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts

1. To put into code or cipher.

2. Computers To alter (data) using a mathematical algorithm so as to make the data unintelligible to unauthorized users while allowing a user with a key or password to convert the altered data back to its original state.

[en- + (de)crypt.]

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encrypt

(ɪnˈkrɪpt)

vb (tr)

1. (Communications & Information) to put (a message) into code

2. (Computer Science) to put (computer data) into a coded form

3. (Broadcasting) to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment

[C20: from en-¹ + crypt, as in crypto-]

enˈcrypted adj

enˈcryption n

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en•crypt

(ɛnˈkrɪpt)

v.t.

to encipher or encode.

[1940–45; en-¹ + -crypt (extracted from cryptic, cryptography, etc.); on the model of encode]

en•cryp′tion, en`cryp•ta′tion, n.

encrypt

Past participle: encrypted
Gerund: encrypting

Imperative
encrypt
encrypt

Present
I encrypt
you encrypt
he/she/it encrypts
we encrypt
you encrypt
they encrypt

Preterite
I encrypted
you encrypted
he/she/it encrypted
we encrypted
you encrypted
they encrypted

Present Continuous
I am encrypting
you are encrypting
he/she/it is encrypting
we are encrypting
you are encrypting
they are encrypting

Present Perfect
I have encrypted
you have encrypted
he/she/it has encrypted
we have encrypted
you have encrypted
they have encrypted

Past Continuous
I was encrypting
you were encrypting
he/she/it was encrypting
we were encrypting
you were encrypting
they were encrypting

Past Perfect
I had encrypted
you had encrypted
he/she/it had encrypted
we had encrypted
you had encrypted
they had encrypted

Future
I will encrypt
you will encrypt
he/she/it will encrypt
we will encrypt
you will encrypt
they will encrypt

Future Perfect
I will have encrypted
you will have encrypted
he/she/it will have encrypted
we will have encrypted
you will have encrypted
they will have encrypted

Future Continuous
I will be encrypting
you will be encrypting
he/she/it will be encrypting
we will be encrypting
you will be encrypting
they will be encrypting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been encrypting
you have been encrypting
he/she/it has been encrypting
we have been encrypting
you have been encrypting
they have been encrypting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been encrypting
you will have been encrypting
he/she/it will have been encrypting
we will have been encrypting
you will have been encrypting
they will have been encrypting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been encrypting
you had been encrypting
he/she/it had been encrypting
we had been encrypting
you had been encrypting
they had been encrypting

Conditional
I would encrypt
you would encrypt
he/she/it would encrypt
we would encrypt
you would encrypt
they would encrypt

Past Conditional
I would have encrypted
you would have encrypted
he/she/it would have encrypted
we would have encrypted
you would have encrypted
they would have encrypted

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Verb

encrypt - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

cipher, cypher, encipher, write in code, code, inscribe

encode - convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally"

Translations

chiffrieren

crypter

incastrare

encrypt

[ɪnˈkrɪpt] VT → codificar

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encrypt

[ɪnˈkrɪpt] vt (= encode) [+ data, message] → crypter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

encrypt

vt (Comput, Telec, TV) → verschlüsseln

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