unriddles

Would it not have puzzled these old moles, too, to have explained by which of the two 'roads' a cryptographist unriddles a cryptograph of more than usual secrecy, or by which of the two roads Champollion directed mankind to those enduring and almost innumerable truths which resulted from his deciphering the Hieroglyphics?

Mellonta Tauta 1849

He estimates him fairly, indeed, and understands him well; but he unriddles his character rather by acuteness than by sympathy.

True Stories of History and Biography Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

He estimates him fairly, indeed, and understands him well; but he unriddles his character rather by acuteness than by sympathy.

Grandfather's Chair Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Would it not have puzzled these old moles too, to have explained by which of the two "roads" a cryptographist unriddles a cryptograph of more than usual secrecy, or by which of the two roads Champollion directed mankind to those enduring and almost innumerable truths which resulted from his deciphering the

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

This design once admitted unriddles the mystery of the whole conduct of the Emperor's ministers with regard to France.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

Now Paul here unriddles the matter: I confess that in the way which they call heresy -- or a sect, so worship I the God of my fathers.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721