D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

encrypt

· IPA /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/
01 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 interpre…
  1. 1.
    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.