What does "decipher" mean?
Decipher: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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