encrypt

[en-kript] /ɛnˈkrɪpt/
verb (used with object)
1.
to encipher or encode.
Origin
1940-45; en-1 + -crypt (abstracted from cryptic, cryptography, etc.), modeled on encode
Related forms
encryption, encryptation, noun
British Dictionary definitions for encrypting

encrypt

/ɪnˈkrɪpt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to put (a message) into code
2.
to put (computer data) into a coded form
3.
to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment
Derived Forms
encrypted, adjective
encryption, noun
Word Origin
C20: from en-1 + crypt, as in crypto-
Word Origin and History for encrypting

encrypt

v.

1975 in computer sense, from en- (1) + crypt (see crypto-). Related: Encrypted; encrypting; encryption.

encrypting in Science
encrypt
  (ěn-krĭpt)   
To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.