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Decipher

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decodeverbTo convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

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decodeverbTo convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
decryptverb(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
readverb(transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
interpretverbTo explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
determineverbTo ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
explainverb(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
understandverb(transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
unlockverb(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
unravelverb(transitive) (figurative) (also reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.
breakverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
crackverb(intransitive) To form cracks.
decypherverbAlternative spelling of decipher. [(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.]
uncipherverb(obsolete, transitive) To decode or decipher.
ciphernounA method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
undecipherverb(transitive, rare) To decipher.
descrambleverbTo decode or unscramble a coded signal
redecipherverb(transitive) To decipher again.
excussverb(transitive, law) To seize and detain by law.
decodifyverbSynonym of uncodify.
uncodeverb(computing, transitive) To remove the code or coding from.

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