encrypt

Definitions


[ɛnˈkrɪpt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- convert (information or data) into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access
(e.g: all calls will be digitally encrypted to make eavesdropping impossible)


Phrases:

Origin:
1950s (originally US): from en- ‘in’ + Greek kruptos ‘hidden’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries