1. (v. t.) To translate from secret characters into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter\ written in secret characters.

2. (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.

3. (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.

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