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decrypt verb [ diːˈkrɪpt ]

• make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible.
• "the computer can be used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive transmissions"

decrypt noun

• a text that has been decoded.
• "he passed the raw decrypts to Moscow, but denies that he was a spy"
Origin: 1930s: from de- (expressing reversal) + crypt as in encrypt .


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