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Webster 1913 Edition
Decipher
De-ci′pher
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deciphered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deciphering
.] 1.
To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms;
as, to
. decipher
a letter written in secret characters2.
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
For villains.
deciphered
, . . . For villains.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Decipher
DECI'PHER
, v.t.Definition 2024
decipher
decipher
English
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Verb
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.
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Translations
to decode or decrypt a code or cipher
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to read illegible or obscure text
to find a solution
Noun
decipher (plural deciphers)
- A decipherment; a decoding.
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
- I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here […]
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.