Decipher

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter). See Synonyms at solve.
  • v. To convert from a code or cipher to plain text; decode.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
  • v. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
  • v. To find a solution to a problem.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To stamp; to detect; to discover.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher; make out by discovering the key to.
  • To succeed in reading, as what is written in obscure, partially obliterated, or badly formed characters.
  • To discover or explain the meaning of, as of something that is obscure or difficult to be traced or understood.
  • To describe or delineate.
  • To find out; detect; discover; reveal.
  • To write in cipher; conceal by means of a cipher or other disguise.
  • =Syn. 1–3. To interpret, make out, unravel.
  • n. A description.
  • n. A deciphered cipher; a translated version of a cipher.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. read with difficulty
  • v. convert code into ordinary language
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    read    rewrite   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    detect    reveal    unfold    stamp    discover    translate    interpret    read    trace    make out   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fifer    cipher    cypher    fifer    heifer    lifer