Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Interpret"
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) 1.7 (wn)
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: {construe}, {see}]
2: give an interpretation or explanation to
3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist
rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: {render}]
4: create an image or likeness of, in art [syn: {represent}]
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"
[syn: {translate}, {render}]
6: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
read Greek?" [syn: {understand}, {read}, {translate}]
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