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Decipher

De-ci′pher

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deciphered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deciphering
.]
[Pref.
de-
+
cipher
. Formed in imitation of F.
déchiffrer
. 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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Decipher

DECI'PHER

, v.t.

Definition 2024


decipher

decipher

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Verb

decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered)

  1. (transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
  2. (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
  3. (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.

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Noun

decipher (plural deciphers)

  1. A decipherment; a decoding.
    • 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, ‎John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
      I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here []

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