Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of decipher
noundeciphering (plural decipherings)
plural decipherings
- decipherment
The only request I have to make with regard to such persons as desire to judge for themselves is, not to test the accuracy of my decipherings by the English translations.
1862, Great Britain, Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers Relating ..., Public Record Office
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