Vocabulary Word
Word: decipher
Definition: decode; CF. indecipherable
Definition: decode; CF. indecipherable
Sentences Containing 'decipher'
Without doubt it is safe, for no one beyond ourselves can decipher it; but shall we always be able to decipher it or, I ought to say, will she?''
What Champollion will decipher this hieroglyphic for us, that we may turn over a new leaf at last?
First, they can decipher all initial letters into political meanings.
But there is no Champollion to decipher the Egypt of every man's and every being's face.
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