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de‧ci‧pher
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to find the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand [↪ indecipherable]: She studied the envelope, trying to decipher the handwriting.
She studied the envelope, trying to decipher the handwriting.2 to change a message written in a code into ordinary language so that you can read it [= decode]
—decipherment noun [uncountable]
