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decipher
English
Alternative forms
- decypher
Etymology
As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sa?f?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a?f?(r)
Verb
decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered)
- (transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
- (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
- (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.
Derived terms
Related terms
- decrypt
Translations
Noun
decipher (plural deciphers)
- A decipherment; a decoding.
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
- I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here […]
- 1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
Anagrams
- ciphered
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ascertain
English
Etymology
From Middle English acerteynen, from Old French acertener, from a- (“to, towards”) + certener (“make sure of”), from the adjective certain, from Latin certus (“certain, fixed”). Compare to Spanish acertar.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æs??te?n/
- (US) enPR: ?s'-?r-t?n?, IPA(key): /?æs??te?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Hyphenation: as?cer?tain
Verb
ascertain (third-person singular simple present ascertains, present participle ascertaining, simple past and past participle ascertained)
- To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
- Synonyms: determine, discover, establish, find out, learn, work out
- (obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
- (archaic) To establish, to prove.
- (archaic) To ensure or effect.
Derived terms
- ascertainable
- ascertainedly
- ascertainment
Translations
Anagrams
- Cartesian, arsacetin, cartesian, craniates, intracase, sectarian
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