interpret

interpret
I
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To convey the meaning of; said especially of a work of art ]
Syn. give one's impression of, render, represent, play, perform, depict, delineate, enact, portray, make sense of, construe, understand, evaluate, read, read into, improvise on, reenact, mimic, gather from, view as, give one an idea about, make of*; see also define 2 , describe , represent 2 .
2. [To explain]
Syn. translate, paraphrase, render; see decipher , explain .
See Synonym Study at explain .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. construe read, understand, view, define, explain, explicate, clarify, shed light on, spell out, illuminate.
2. translate transcribe, paraphrase.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make understandable: construe, decipher, explain, explicate, expound, spell out. Archaic: enucleate. Idiom: put into plain English. See EXPLAIN. 2. To understand in a particular way: construe, read, take. See UNDERSTAND. 3. To perform according to one's artistic conception: execute, play, render. See PERFORMING ARTS.

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  • interpret — [in tʉr′prət] vt. [ME interpreten < MFr intepréter < L interpretari < interpres, agent between two parties, broker, interpreter] 1. to explain the meaning of; make understandable [to interpret a poem] 2. to translate (esp. oral remarks)… …   English World dictionary

  • Interpret — In*ter pret, v. i. To act as an interpreter. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Interprēt — (lat.), Dolmetsch, Erklärer …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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