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English Dictionary: decipher	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decipher v convert code into ordinary language [syn: decode, decrypt, decipher] Antonym(s): encode read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" Synonym(s): decipher, trace
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decipher \Deci"pher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deciphered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciphering}.] [Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d[82]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.