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reencrypt

reencrypt verb: to encrypt again.

Verb

reencrypt (third-person singular simple present reencrypts, present participle reencrypting, simple past and past participle reencrypted)

  1. To encrypt again.
    Synonyms:
    recipher, recode

Synonyms of reencrypt

Forms of reencrypt

third-person singular presentreencrypts
present participlereencrypting
past participlereencrypted
pastreencrypted
alternative formre-encrypt

Origin of reencrypt

From re- + encrypt, from en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Questions about reencrypt

What does reencrypt mean?
Reencrypt means to encrypt again.
What part of speech is reencrypt?
Reencrypt is a verb.
What is the past tense of reencrypt?
The past tense of reencrypt is reencrypted.

Words near reencrypt in the dictionary

  1. reencouraged
  2. reencouragement
  3. reencouragements
  4. reencourages
  5. reencouraging
  6. reencrypt
  7. reencrypted
  8. reencrypting
  9. reencryption
  10. reencryptions
  11. reencrypts

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