Definition of decipher
- decipher a secret message
- trying to decipher her handwriting
- decipher the poem
I couldn't decipher his sloppy handwriting.
we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet
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1545
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand;
miss;
misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand;
pick up on;
: to find the meaning of (something that is difficult to read or understand)
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