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1
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
- we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet
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2
to have a clear idea of
- a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher
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- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- behold,
- catch,
- catch on (to),
- cognize,
- compass,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- cotton (to or on to),
- decode,
- dig,
- discern,
- get,
- grasp,
- grok,
- intuit,
- know,
- make,
- make out,
- perceive,
- recognize,
- register,
- savvy,
- see,
- seize,
- sense,
- tumble (to),
- twig,
- understand
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The first known use of decipher was in 1545
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