cipher

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsaɪfə/

Verb

dated intransitive regional obsolete

(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate. / (intransitive) To write in code or cipher. / (intransitive, music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ. / (obsolete) To decipher.

Japanese Meaning

計算する（地域的、古語） / 暗号を用いて書く、暗号文にする / （オルガンの音管が）独立して音を出す / （旧）暗号を解読する

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After dinner, my grandfather would sit by the lamp and cipher until the totals made sense.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夕食の後、祖父はランプのそばに座って合計が合うまで計算していた。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.

I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To write in code or cipher.

Sense（3）

(intransitive, music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.

Sense（4）

(obsolete) To decipher.

the illiterate that know not how

To cipher what is writ in learned bookes,

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

ciphers

（ present singular third-person ）

ciphering

（ participle present ）

ciphered

（ participle past ）

ciphered

（ past ）

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