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Meaning of 'decipher' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Decipher [ v. t.]
- To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
- 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.
- To stamp; to detect; to discover.

Meaning of 'decipher' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . decipher [ v]
Meaning (1):
- read with difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • Can you decipher this letter?;
  • The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs

Nearby Words:

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