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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-sahy-fer |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ fər |
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Définition of decipher
Origin :- 1520s, from de- + cipher. Perhaps in part a loan-translation from Middle French déchiffrer. Related: Deciphered; deciphering.
- verb figure out, understand
- Many others are so defaced that it is impossible to decipher them.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- There is not a living eye that could now decipher these memorials.
- Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Of Greek I can decipher perhaps the greater part of the Greek alphabet.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- To decipher the message, a special code-book or dictionary would be required.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- And still he dreaded the approach of the day when he should decipher its awful meaning.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- Then he forced himself to decipher it, sentence by sentence, with a fierce avidity.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- I leave it to the wise to decipher the rationale, but such is the fact.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- They are occasionally hard to decipher when they're displeased.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- She bent down and out toward the light, trying to decipher the writing.
- Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- If the style be the man, his reverence is not difficult to decipher.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
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