'Decipher' definitions:
Definition of 'decipher'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Decipher'
From: GCIDE
- Decipher \De*ci"pher\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decipher'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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