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decipher, trace
(verb) read with difficulty; “Can you decipher this letter?”; “The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs”
decode, decrypt, decipher
(verb) convert code into ordinary language
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered)
(transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
(transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
(transitive) To find a solution to a problem.
decipher (plural deciphers)
A decipherment; a decoding.
• ciphered
Source: Wiktionary
De*ci"pher, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deciphered; p. pr. & vb. n. Deciphering.] Etym: [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. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States