decipher

Verb
Synonyms: decodedecrypttrace

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. convert code into ordinary languageSynonyms: decodedecrypt
  2. read with difficulty“Can you decipher this letter?”“The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs”Synonyms: trace
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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