Antonyms for decipher


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-sahy-fer
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ fər


Definition of decipher

Origin :
  • 1520s, from de- + cipher. Perhaps in part a loan-translation from Middle French déchiffrer. Related: Deciphered; deciphering.
  • verb figure out, understand
Example sentences :
  • Many others are so defaced that it is impossible to decipher them.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • There is not a living eye that could now decipher these memorials.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Of Greek I can decipher perhaps the greater part of the Greek alphabet.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • To decipher the message, a special code-book or dictionary would be required.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • And still he dreaded the approach of the day when he should decipher its awful meaning.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • Then he forced himself to decipher it, sentence by sentence, with a fierce avidity.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • I leave it to the wise to decipher the rationale, but such is the fact.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
  • They are occasionally hard to decipher when they're displeased.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • She bent down and out toward the light, trying to decipher the writing.
  • Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • If the style be the man, his reverence is not difficult to decipher.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for decipher

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