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Verb: decipher  di'sI-fu(r)
  1. Convert encrypted data or code into plain, readable form
    "The intelligence team worked to decipher the intercepted messages";
    - decode, decrypt
     
  2. Read with difficulty
    "Can you decipher this letter?";
    - trace

Derived forms: deciphers, deciphering, deciphered

Type of: read, rewrite

Encyclopedia: Decipher