Meaning of DECIPHER
| Pronunciation: | | di'sIfur
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- [v] read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
- [v] convert code into ordinary language
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DECIPHER is a 8 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | decode, decrypt, trace |
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| | Antonyms: | | cipher, code, cypher, encipher, encode, encrypt, inscribe, write in code | | |
| | See Also: | | read, rewrite | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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