Example Sentences

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Hankins could not have ciphered him into Millerism if his wife had not driven him into it as the easiest means of getting a divorce.

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

I could have ciphered the meaning then, if it has a meaning.

From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn

But what they do in effect is this:— They say—'We have ciphered this thing out, and have come to the conclusion that it is not going to rain, that it will be a dry spring.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf