decipher

1. (transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.Synonyms: decode, decrypt, uncodeAntonyms: encipher, encode, encrypttransitive

2. (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscuretransitive

3. (transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.Examples: "Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within."transitive

4. (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.transitive