to convert code into ordinary language
communication verb (telling, asking, ordering, singing, etc.)
decrypted
decrypting
decrypts
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from de- + crypt, as in cryptic
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the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information. The reverse process, i.e., to make... (39 of 535 words)
to convert (as a coded message) into intelligible form ; to recognize and interpret (an electronic signal) | "decipher" [definition 3a] ; to discover ... (23 of 126 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key | to make intelligible (a television or other signal) that has been deliberately ... (24 of 101 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
to change electronic information or signals that were stored, written or sent in the form of a secret code (system of letters, numbers or symbols) ... (25 of 57 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to change information that was in a code that could not be read or understood into a form that can be read and understood (24 of 53 words, pronunciation)
[transitive] : make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible | a text that has been decoded. (15 of 50 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
To convert an encrypted or coded text or message into plain text. | A decoded communication. (15 of 30 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example)
To decipher. | To decode. | A deciphered or decoded message. (9 of 24 words, 3 definitions)
to transform an encoded message into an understandable form | to transform an electronic signal into a usable form | to find the direct meaning of ... (24 of 86 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: 20th century
Origin: from de- + crypt, as in cryptic
First use: 1930s
Origin: "de-" (expressing reversal) + crypt as in encrypt
First use: 1936
Origin: "to solve a cryptogram", from "de-" + "cryptogram".
First use: 1935
Origin: International Scientific Vocabulary de- + cryptogram, cryptograph
Origin: "de-" + -crypt (from "cryptogram").
Origin: "de-" + cryptogram
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Origin: Latin, a prefix signifying separation, cessation, intensification, or contraction; also from French dé- ( from Latin de) or Old French ... (20 of 27 etymology words)
First use: Mid-20th century
Origin: de- + cryptogram
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Audio: North American pronunciation of "decrypt"
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