Associations to the word «Decipher»

Wiktionary

DECIPHER, verb. (transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
DECIPHER, verb. (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
DECIPHER, verb. (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.

Dictionary definition

DECIPHER, verb. Convert code into ordinary language.
DECIPHER, verb. Read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats