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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Decipher \De*ci"pher\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
decipher
verb
1: convert code into ordinary language [syn: {decode}, {decrypt}] [ant: {encode}]
2: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" [syn: {trace}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "decipher": account for, allegorize, analyze, answer, bottom, break, break down, cipher, clarify, clear up, crack, cryptanalyze, debug, decode, decrypt, demonstrate, demythologize, disentangle, divine, do, dope, dope out, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, give reason for, give the meaning, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make out, make plain, open the lock, paraphrase, plumb, popularize, psych, psych out, puzzle out, rationalize, ravel, ravel out, read, resolve, riddle, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, sort out, spell out, throw light upon, translate, undo, unfold, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work, work out
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