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crypt•an•a•lyze
Pronunciation: (krip-tan'l-īz"), [key]—
v.t., -lyzed, -lyz•ing.
to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
Also, esp. Brit.,crypt•an'a•lyse".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.