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decipherability

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de⋅ci⋅pher

  [di-sahy-fer]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
2. to discover the meaning of (anything obscure or difficult to trace or understand): to decipher hieroglyphics.
3. to interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher: to decipher a secret message.
4. Obsolete. to depict; portray.
Origin:
1520–30; trans. of MF déchiffrer. See de-, cipher

Related forms:
de⋅ci⋅pher⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅ci⋅pher⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
de⋅ci⋅pher⋅er, noun
de⋅ci⋅pher⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
2. comprehend, solve, unravel, explain.
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