About The Word Decipher
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Decipher
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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 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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