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Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. i.
To act as an interpreter. --Shak.
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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. interpres interpeter,
agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of
pretium price. See Price.]
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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.
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Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
--Matt. i. 23.
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And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none
that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. --Gen. xli.

8.
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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.
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interpret
v 1: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you
see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
[syn: interpret, construe, see]

2: give an interpretation or explanation to [syn: rede,
interpret]

3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered
the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret,
render]

4: create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his
wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret]

5: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I
have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the
U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting
dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English";
"He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate, interpret,
render]

6: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret,
translate]
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Interpret
interprète

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Interpret
tolk; vertolker

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Interpret
intéprete

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interpret [intəːprit]
dolmetschen

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interpret [intəːprit]
interpréter

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interpret [intəːprit]
duiden; interpreteren; uitleggen; verklaren; vertolken

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interpret [intəːprit]
entender, interpretar, traduzir

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interpret [intəːprit]
tolka

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interpret

ausdeuten; auslegen; interpretieren; deuten; übersetzen
interpret

dolmetschen
interpret

interpretieren
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Interpret
m
interpreter
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88 Moby Thesaurus words for "interpret":
accompany, annotate, answer, bottom, chord, clarify, clear up,
comment, commentate, concertize, construe, crack, debug, decipher,
decode, define, delineate, depict, describe, diagnose, disentangle,
divine, do, dope, dope out, elucidate, execute, exemplify, explain,
explicate, expound, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer,
find the solution, get, get right, gloss, guess, guess right,
have it, hit it, illuminate, illustrate, image, limn, make music,
make out, open the lock, paraphrase, perform, picture, play,
play by ear, plumb, portray, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel,
ravel out, read, read into, render, resolve, riddle, simplify,
solve, sort out, spell out, symphonize, take, take it that,
take to mean, translate, understand, understand by, undo, unlock,
unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work,
work out



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