encrypt

2 definitions found

encrypt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  encrypt \encrypt\ v. t.
     To convert ordinary language or other data into code; to hide
     the meaning of a message by converting it into a form that
     cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for
     interpretation, called the key; to encode.
  
     Syn: encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, inscribe, write
          in code.
          [WordNet 1.5]

encrypt - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  encrypt
      v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
           message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher,
           cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]