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"word": "encipher"
},
{
"word": "encode"
},
{
"word": "encrypt"
}
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"To convert a code or cipher to plain text."
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"(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text."
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},
{
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{
"word": "uncode"
}
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "şifrini açmaq"
},
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "dešifriram",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "дешифрирам"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "desxifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "解碼"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiěmǎ",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "解码"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "解讀"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiědú",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "解读"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "rozluštit"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dechifrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "afkode"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "ontcijferen"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "malĉifri"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "purkaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "murtaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "avata (viesti)"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "déchiffrer"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dechiffrieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "entschlüsseln"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apokryptografó",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "αποκρυπτογραφώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dulráða"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"alt": "かいどくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaidoku suru",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "解読する"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "deşifrleu",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "дешифрлеу"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haedokhada",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "해독(解讀)하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dechiffréieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozszyfrowywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozszyfrować"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "decifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasšifróvyvatʹ",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расшифро́вывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasšifrovátʹ",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "расшифрова́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "descifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "decodificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dechiffrera"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "avkoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dekryptera"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "läsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "tyda"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "deşifre etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozšyfróvuvaty",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розшифро́вувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 2 4 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozšyfruváty",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розшифрува́ти"
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]
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"To read text that is almost illegible or obscure"
],
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"illegible"
],
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"obscure"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure"
],
"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razčitam",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "разчитам"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "desxifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "tavata"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "entziffern"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apokryptografó",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "αποκρυπτογραφώ"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
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"word": "rozszyfrowywać"
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"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "pl",
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"word": "rozszyfrować"
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"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "descifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "interpretar"
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{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "läsa"
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{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "tyda"
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{
"_dis1": "8 88 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "dechiffrera"
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"To make sense of a complex situation."
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"(transitive) To make sense of a complex situation."
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"To find a solution to a problem."
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"(transitive) To find a solution to a problem."
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"_dis1": "10 2 6 82",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "ratkaista"
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"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "entschlüsseln"
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"_dis1": "10 2 6 82",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "decifrar"
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{
"_dis1": "10 2 6 82",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "resolver"
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"_dis1": "10 2 6 82",
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"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "resolver"
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"_dis1": "10 2 6 82",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "descifrar"
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"tags": [
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},
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"ref": "1837, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G.",
"text": "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 […]",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "malĉifri"
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"word": "purkaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "murtaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "avata (viesti)"
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dechiffrieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "entschlüsseln"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "apokryptografó",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "αποκρυπτογραφώ"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dulráða"
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{
"alt": "かいどくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaidoku suru",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "解読する"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "deşifrleu",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "дешифрлеу"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haedokhada",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "해독(解讀)하다"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dechiffréieren"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
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"word": "rozszyfrować"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "decifrar"
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"word": "расшифро́вывать"
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
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"word": "avkoda"
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
"word": "dekryptera"
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"word": "розшифро́вувати"
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"word": "разчитам"
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"word": "desxifrar"
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"word": "αποκρυπτογραφώ"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to read illegible or obscure text",
"word": "interpretar"
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{
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"word": "ratkaista"
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"sense": "to find a solution",
"word": "entschlüsseln"
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"text": "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 […]",
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