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[dih-sahy-fer] Origin

de·ci·pher

[dih-sahy-fer]
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; translation of Middle French déchiffrer. See de-, cipher

de·ci·pher·a·ble, adjective
de·ci·pher·a·bil·i·ty, noun
de·ci·pher·er, noun
de·ci·pher·ment, noun
un·de·ci·pher·a·ble, adjective
EXPAND
un·de·ci·pher·a·b·ly, adverb
un·de·ci·phered, adjective
COLLAPSE


2. comprehend, solve, unravel, explain.

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Decipherable is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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World English Dictionary
decipher (dɪˈsaɪfə)
 
vb
1.  to determine the meaning of (something obscure or illegible)
2.  to convert from code into plain text; decode
 
de'cipherable
 
adj
 
deciphera'bility
 
n
 
de'cipherer
 
n
 
de'cipherment
 
n

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decipher
1520s, from de- + cipher.
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