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Search phrase: cipher

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.282Which I take to be either a fool or a cipher.Which I take to be either a foole, or a Cipher.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.335And which the spirit? Who deciphers them?And which the spirit? Who deciphers them? 
Henry VH5 I.chorus.17And let us, ciphers to this great account,And let vs, Cyphers to this great Accompt,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.184I fear we should have seen deciphered thereI feare we should haue seene decipher'd there
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.ii.55To prove you a cipher.To proue you a Cypher.
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.39Mine were the very cipher of a function,Mine were the verie Cipher of a Function
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.ii.9‘ mum ’ or her ‘ budget ’? The white will decipher herMum, or her Budget? The white will decipher her
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.8That you are both deciphered, that's the news,
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.6Go hence in debt. And therefore, like a cipherGoe hence in debt: And therefore, like a Cypher

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.207 To cipher me how fondly I did dote, To cipher me how fondlie I did dote:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.811 To cipher what is writ in learned books To cipher what is writ in learned bookes,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1396 The face of either ciphered either's heart; The face of eyther cypher'd eythers heart,

Glossary

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cipherfigure nought, nonentity, mere nothing
ciphersymbolize, represent, portray
cipherdecipher, read, spell out
decipherdiscover, detect, find out
decipherdistinguish, make out
deciphermake known to, indicate to
Ocipher, zero, nought

Thesaurus

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cipherO
deciphercipher

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Words Families

 4 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CIPHERBASICcipher n, cipher v
CIPHEROPPOSITEdecipher v
DECIPHERBASICsee CIPHER

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