单词 | uncipher |
释义 | † uncipherv. Obsolete. transitive. To decipher. (Common in 17th cent.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > decoding, deciphering > decipher [verb (transitive)] decipher1529 uncipher1598 undecipher1764 decode1896 break1928 decrypt1936 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disciferare, to vncifer, to decifer. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 170 The bookes of Kings are written in darke Characters which few can uncypher. 1644–5 in Charles I's Wks. (1662) 322 If You believe that I should be capable to shew them to any, onely to Lord Jer. to uncypher them. 1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1720) II. 96 Your Lordship will have found that all I could uncipher in your last was already performed here. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋2 I wanted the true Key to uncipher your Mysteries. 1737 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 474 Send me his answer if you can Uncypher or guess the meaning of ye Spanish Phisick Latin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1598 |
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