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Decrypt

//dɪˈkɹɪpt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A decoded communication.

    "The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942."

Verb
  1. 1
    To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text. transitive
  2. 2
    convert code into ordinary language wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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