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un·scram·ble

   [uhn-skram-buhl]
verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
1.
to bring out of a scrambled condition; reduce to order or intelligibility.
2.
Also, descramble. to make (a scrambled radio or telephonic message) comprehensible by systematically tuning the receiver to the frequencies used in transmission. Compare decode (def. 2).
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1915–20; un-2 + scramble
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unscramble (ʌnˈskræmbəl)
 
—vb
1.  to resolve from confusion or disorderliness
2.  to restore (a scrambled message) to an intelligible form
 
un'scrambler
 
—n

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unscramble
"restore to order," 1923, from un- (2) + scramble (v.). The original notion probably is from the old retort about the impossibility of unscrambling eggs.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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