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un⋅scram⋅ble

  [uhn-skram-buhl]
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–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).
Origin:
1915–20; un- 2 + scramble
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un·scram·ble   (ŭn-skrām'bəl)   
tr.v.   un·scram·bled, un·scram·bling, un·scram·bles

  1. To straighten out or disentangle (a jumble or tangle); resolve.

  2. To restore (a scrambled message) to intelligible form.

un·scram'bler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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