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1. (v.t.) decipher
to make out the meaning of (something obscure or difficult to read or understand):
I couldn't decipher his handwriting.
2. decipher
to interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher:
to decipher a secret message.
3. decipher
Obs. to depict; portray.
Etymology: (1520–30; MF déchiffrer)
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| Definition of 'decipher' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) decode, decrypt, decipher
convert code into ordinary language
2. (verb) decipher, trace
read with difficulty
"Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
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| Definition of 'decipher' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) decipher
to translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters
2. (verb) decipher
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. (verb) decipher
to stamp; to detect; to discover
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Sense: to translate (writing in code) into ordinary, understandable language
They deciphered the spy's letter.
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 Afrikaans: ontsyfer, ontraaisel |
 Arabic: يَحُلُّ رُموز |
 Bulgarian: разкодирам |
 Brazilian: decifrar |
 Czech: dešifrovat, rozluštit |
 German: dechiffrieren |
 Danish: dechifrere; tyde; dekode |
 Greek: αποκρυπτογραφώ |
 Spanish: descifrar |
 Estonian: dešifreerima |
 Farsi: رمز گشایی کردن |
 Finnish: avata |
 French: décoder |
 Hebrew: לְפָעֲנֵח |
 Hindi: गूढ़ या कूट भाषा का स्पष् |
 Croatian: odgonetnuti |
 Hungarian: megold (rejtjelet) |
 Indonesian: menafsirkan |
 Icelandic: ráða fram úr, lesa úr |
 Italian: decifrare |
 Japanese: 解読する |
 Korean: 판독하다 |
 Lithuanian: iššifruoti |
 Latvian: atšifrēt |
 Malay: mentafsir |
 Dutch: ontcijferen |
 Norwegian: tyde, dechiffrere |
 Polish: deszyfrować |
 Persian: رمز گشایی کردن |
 Pashto: درمز تر جمه كول، ديو شى م |
 Portuguese: decifrar |
 Romanian: a decodifica |
 Russian: расшифровывать |
 Slovak: dešifrovať |
 Slovenian: dešifrirati |
 Serbian: dešifrovati |
 Swedish: dechiffrera |
 Thai: ถอดรหัส |
 Turkish: çözmek, deşifre etmek |
 Taiwanese: 譯解(密碼等) |
 Ukrainian: розшифровувати; розкодову |
 Urdu: رمزی تحریر کو قابل فہم عب |
 Vietnamese: giải mã |
 Chinese: 译解（密码等） |
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