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Interpret   /ɪntˈərprət/   Listen
Interpret

verb
(past & past part. interpreted; pres. part. interpreting)
1.
Make sense of; assign a meaning to.  Synonyms: construe, see.  "How do you interpret his behavior?"
2.
Give an interpretation or explanation to.  Synonym: rede.
3.
Give an interpretation or rendition of.  Synonym: render.
4.
Create an image or likeness of.  Synonym: represent.
5.
Restate (words) from one language into another language.  Synonyms: render, translate.  "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?" , "She rendered the French poem into English" , "He translates for the U.N."
6.
Make sense of a language.  Synonyms: read, translate, understand.  "Can you read Greek?"



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"Interpret" Quotes from Famous Books



... at least one exception. Some Frenchman, I think it is Joubert, says that no great man is born into the world without another man being born about the same time, who understands and can interpret him, and Shakespeare was of necessity singularly fortunate in his interpreter. Ben Jonson was big enough to see him fairly, and to give excellent-true testimony concerning him. Jonson's view of Shakespeare is astonishingly accurate and trustworthy so far as it goes; even his attitude of superiority ...
— The Man Shakespeare • Frank Harris

... assembly took place in front of the castle gate. The King of Ternate, surrounded by all his principal councilors and warriors, took his place, while the fighting men stood around him. The priest mounted on the platform of the wall, the governor standing beside him to interpret. ...
— Under Drake's Flag - A Tale of the Spanish Main • G. A. Henty

... now come to the more precise point on which we differ—the meaning of a single expression, which I think I have named in a former letter. I allude to the word FAITH, which, as I was always taught to interpret it, appeared to my apprehension analogous to CREDULITY, or a blind belief without question;—an explanation which went against my conscience and conviction whenever it occurred to me from time to time. As I grew ...
— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills

... is by becoming believers and organizers ourselves. If we are such, we need fear nothing. As is the public, so will be the poet. If we revere enthusiasm, the fatherland, and humanity; if our hearts are pure, and our souls steadfast and patient, the genius inspired to interpret our aspirations, and bear to heaven our ideas and our sufferings, will not be wanting. Let these statues stand. The noble monuments of feudal times create no desire to return ...
— Literary and Philosophical Essays • Various

... a few examples of the application of such symbolisms in dreams, which will serve to show how impossible it becomes to interpret a dream without taking into account the symbolism of dreams, and how imperatively it obtrudes itself in ...
— Dream Psychology - Psychoanalysis for Beginners • Sigmund Freud


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