decipher
/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/ verb C1- To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
- To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
- To make sense of a complex situation.
- To find a solution to a problem.
He/she/it deciphers · Past deciphered · Past participle deciphered · -ing form deciphering
Verb forms
- Base form
- decipher
- He/she/it
- deciphers
- Past
- deciphered
- Past participle
- deciphered
- -ing form
- deciphering
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Except the knowledge of blazons, that enables me to decipher them, I am very ignorant of heraldry—I, a count of a fresh creation, fabricated in Tuscany by the aid of a commandery of St.
I was staring at the strange message which I had scrawled, as he deciphered it, upon a sheet of foolscap on my knee.
“Yes, indeed, to you; I succeeded in deciphering your name under the blood with which the letter was stained,” replied Monte Cristo, amid the general outburst of amazement.
Scientific studies indicate that actively deciphering complex physical environments stimulates this region, fostering the creation of robust and resilient neural pathways.
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