reencrypt

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verb

To encrypt again.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

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

present singular third person reencrypts · participle present reencrypting · participle past reencrypted · past reencrypted · alternative re-encrypt

  1. To encrypt again.

    Synonyms: recipher, recode

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo encrypt again.

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Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκρυπτός
  2. Englishreencrypt

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

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APA

reencrypt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reencrypt

MLA

“reencrypt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reencrypt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reencrypt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reencrypt.

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