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decipherment|dɪˈsaɪfəmənt| [decipher v. + -ment: a modern word, not in Craig 1847. Cf. F. déchiffrement (16th c. in Hatzf.).] The action of deciphering; esp. interpretation of hieroglyphics or of obscure inscriptions.
1846in Worcester [who cites For. Q. Rev. and notes it as rare]. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) II. iv. iv. 287 Inscriptions more elaborate and difficult of decipherment. 1862Max Müller Chips (1880) I. v. 122 His later decipherments of the Cuneiform inscriptions. 1874Sayce Compar. Philol. App. 392 The decipherment of the records of Assyria and Babylonia. |