Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decipher
Participle: deciphered
Gerund: deciphering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | decipher |
| you | decipher |
| he;she;it | deciphers |
| we | decipher |
| you | decipher |
| they | decipher |
Perfect
| I | have deciphered |
| you | have deciphered |
| he;she;it | has deciphered |
| we | have deciphered |
| you | have deciphered |
| they | have deciphered |
Past
| I | deciphered |
| you | deciphered |
| he;she;it | deciphered |
| we | deciphered |
| you | deciphered |
| they | deciphered |
Pluperfect
| I | had deciphered |
| you | had deciphered |
| he;she;it | had deciphered |
| we | had deciphered |
| you | had deciphered |
| they | had deciphered |
Future
| I | will decipher |
| you | will decipher |
| he;she;it | will decipher |
| we | will decipher |
| you | will decipher |
| they | will decipher |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deciphered |
| you | will have deciphered |
| he;she;it | will have deciphered |
| we | will have deciphered |
| you | will have deciphered |
| they | will have deciphered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decipher |
| you | decipher |
| he;she;it | decipher |
| we | decipher |
| you | decipher |
| they | decipher |
Perfect
| I | have deciphered |
| you | have deciphered |
| he;she;it | have deciphered |
| we | have deciphered |
| you | have deciphered |
| they | have deciphered |
Imperfect
| I | deciphered |
| you | deciphered |
| he;she;it | deciphered |
| we | deciphered |
| you | deciphered |
| they | deciphered |
Pluperfect
| I | had deciphered |
| you | had deciphered |
| he;she;it | had deciphered |
| we | had deciphered |
| you | had deciphered |
| they | had deciphered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decipher |
| you | would decipher |
| he;she;it | would decipher |
| we | would decipher |
| you | would decipher |
| they | would decipher |
Perfect
| I | would have deciphered |
| you | would have deciphered |
| he;she;it | would have deciphered |
| we | would have deciphered |
| you | would have deciphered |
| they | would have deciphered |
Imperative
| you | decipher |
| we | Let's decipher |
| you | decipher |
Verbs conjugated like 'decipher'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'decipher'
decypher,
recipher,
cipher,
encipher,
recypher,
uncipher,
cypher,
debitter,
decenter,
decide,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cipher. See: French '
déchiffrer', Italian '
decifrare'.
Sample Sentences
-
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. [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 13:]