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en·crypt  (n-krpt)
tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts
1. To put into code or cipher.
2. Computer Science To alter (a file, for example) using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.
[en- + (de)crypt.]
en·cryption n.
Translations
encrypted [ɪnˈkrɪptɪd] adj [data, message] → crypté(e); [signal] → crypté(e)
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