What does decipher mean?
Decipher means (transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text..
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/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/ · verb
(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text..
Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within.
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 […]
Use decipher when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decipher means (transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text..
Common synonyms include decode, decrypt, uncode, resolve.
Possible antonyms include encipher, encode, encrypt.
Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within.
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