English Dictionary

cipher

/ˈsaɪfə/

verb

(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.

He tried to cipher the secret message.

意味（1）

(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.

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

意味（2）

(intransitive) To write in code or cipher.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(obsolete) To decipher.

the illiterate that know not how

the illiterate that know not how To cipher what is writ in learned bookes,