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decipherment
Variant of decipher
transitive verb
- to translate (a message in cipher or code) into ordinary, understandable language; decode
- to make out the meaning of (ancient inscriptions, illegible writing, etc.)
Related Forms:
- decipherable adjective
- decipherment noun
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