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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. i.
To act as an interpreter. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interpreted}; p.
pr & vb n. {Interpreting}.] [F. interpr[^e]ter, L.
interpretari p. p. interpretatus fr interpre? interpeter,
agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of
pretium price. See {Price}.]
1. To explain or tell the meaning of to expound; to
translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or
terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to
language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries,
etc.; as to interpret the Hebrew language to an
Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us
--Matt. i. 23.
And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none
that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. --Gen. xli.
8.
2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by
illustrative representation; as an actor interprets the
character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an
artist interprets a landscape.
Syn: To translate; explain; solve; render; expound;
elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
interpret
v 1: make sense of assign a meaning to [syn: {construe}]
2: give an interpretation or explanation to
3: give an interpretation or rendition of [syn: {render}]
4: create an image or likeness of [syn: {represent}]
5: render into another language [syn: {translate}]
6: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
read Greek?" [syn: {understand}, {read}, {translate}]
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