transitive verb. To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter).

transitive verb. To convert from a code or cipher to plaintext; decode.

noun. A description.

noun. A deciphered cipher; a translated version of a cipher.

To interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher; make out by discovering the key to.

To succeed in reading, as what is written in obscure, partially obliterated, or badly formed characters.

To discover or explain the meaning of, as of something that is obscure or difficult to be traced or understood.

To describe or delineate.

To find out; detect; discover; reveal.

To write in cipher; conceal by means of a cipher or other disguise.

=Syn. 1–3. To interpret, make out, unravel.

transitive verb. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To stamp; to detect; to discover.

verb. To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.

verb. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.

verb. To find a solution to a problem.

verb. read with difficulty

verb. convert code into ordinary language

"What I've been trying to decipher is whether John Donne is actually buried in St. Paul's Cathedral or not, in London."

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