Synonyms for decipher

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

Example sentences :

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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