reencrypt To encrypt again. Verb To encrypt again. Synonyms: recipher recode Coordinate Terms: decipher decode decrypt encipher encode encrypt redecipher Origin From re- + encrypt, from en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Forms reencrypts reencrypting reencrypted re-encrypt Related reencryption