decipher
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/
Verb

decipher (deciphers, present participle deciphering; 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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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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