crypt
1Crypt — • The word originally meant a hidden place, natural or artificial, suitable for the concealment of persons or things Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Crypt Crypt …
2crypt — crypt·al; crypt·analysis; crypt·analyst; crypt·analytic; crypt·analytics; crypt·analyze; crypt·ed; crypt·esthesia; crypt; de·crypt; en·crypt; crypt·aesthesia; crypt·esthetic; de·crypt·ment; …
3Crypt — (kr[i^]pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. kry pth, fr. kry ptein to hide. See {Grot}, {Grotto}.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or… …
4crypt- — [kript] combining form CRYPTO : used before a vowel * * * crypt pref. Variant of crypto . * * * …
5crypt- — ⇒CRYPT(O) , (CRYPT , CRYPTO )élément préf. Élément préf. tiré du gr. « caché », entrant dans la compos. de nombreux termes composés sc., de bot. et d entomol. en partic., et indiquant soit, avec valeur adj., le caractère caché ou imperceptible de …
6Crypt... — Crypt... (v. gr.), verborgen …
7crypt — [krıpt] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: crypta, from Greek, from kryptos; CRYPTO ] a room under a church, used in the past for burying people →↑vault …
8crypt — [ krıpt ] noun count an underground room where the bodies of dead people are buried, usually under a church …
9crypt — early 15c., grotto, cavern, from L. crypta vault, cavern, from Gk. krypte (short for krypte kamara hidden vault ), fem. of kryptos hidden, verbal adj. from kryptein to hide, from PIE *krau to conceal, hide (Cf. O.C.S. kryjo, kryti …
10crypt — [n] burial place catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, undercroft, vault; concept 305 …
