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unencrypt

unencrypt verb: to decrypt.

Verb

unencrypt (third-person singular simple present unencrypts, present participle unencrypting, simple past and past participle unencrypted)

  1. to decrypt

Forms of unencrypt

third-person singular presentunencrypts
present participleunencrypting
past participleunencrypted
pastunencrypted

Origin of unencrypt

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

Questions about unencrypt

What does unencrypt mean?
Unencrypt means to decrypt.
What part of speech is unencrypt?
Unencrypt is a verb.
What is the past tense of unencrypt?
The past tense of unencrypt is unencrypted.

Words near unencrypt in the dictionary

  1. unencouragingly
  2. unencroachable
  3. unencroached
  4. unencroaching
  5. unencrusted
  6. unencrypt
  7. unencryptable
  8. unencrypted
  9. unencrypting
  10. unencryption
  11. unencrypts

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