Definition of interpret

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Interpret (v. t.) 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..

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Dittology :: Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words..
Inexplicable :: Inexplicable (a.) Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery..
Double-entendre :: Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate..
Explanation :: Explanation (n.) The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The power or explaining.
Truchman :: Truchman (n.) An interpreter. See Dragoman.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To solve; to interpret.
Prophet :: Prophet (n.) An interpreter; a spokesman.
Rede :: Rede (v. t.) To interpret; to explain.
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Misconstrue :: Misconstrue (v. t.) To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
Misconceive :: Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Mystic :: Mystic (n.) One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism..
Interpretative :: Interpretative (a.) Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense..
Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate..
Hermeneutically :: Hermeneutically (adv.) According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically..
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