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Decipher

Decipher Meaning & Definition
Decipher Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decipher?

[v] read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
[v] convert code into ordinary language

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decipher: decode | decrypt | trace

Related Terms | Find terms related to Decipher: account for | allegorize | analyze | answer | bottom | break | break down | cipher | clarify | clear up | crack | cryptanalyze | debug | decode | decrypt | demonstrate | demythologize | disentangle | divine | do | dope | dope out | elucidate | enlighten | euhemerize | exemplify | explain | explain away | explicate | exposit | expound | fathom | figure out | find out | find the answer | find the solution | get | get right | give reason for | give the meaning | guess | guess right | have it | hit it | illuminate | illustrate | interpret | make clear | make out | make plain | open the lock | paraphrase | plumb | popularize | psych | psych out | puzzle out | rationalize | ravel | ravel out | read | resolve | riddle | shed light upon | show | show how | show the way | simplify | solve | sort out | spell out | throw light upon | translate | undo | unfold | unlock | unravel | unriddle | unscramble | untangle | untwist | unweave | work | work out

See Also | read | rewrite

Decipher In Webster's Dictionary

\De*ci"pher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deciphered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciphering}.] [Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d['e]chiffrer. See {Cipher}.] 1. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters. 2. To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold. 3. To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. --Shak.

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