| Interpret |
v. t. |
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. |
| 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. |
| Interpret |
v. i. |
To act as an interpreter. |
| Interpretable |
a. |
Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained. |
| Interpretament |
n. |
Interpretation. |
| Interpretation |
n. |
The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma. |
| Interpretation |
n. |
The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture. |
| Interpretation |
n. |
The power or explaining. |
| Interpretation |
n. |
An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. |
| Interpretation |
n. |
The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases. |
| Interpretative |
a. |
Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory. |
| Interpretative |
a. |
According to interpretation; constructive. |
| Interpretatively |
adv. |
By interpretation. |
| Interpreted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Interpret |
| Interpreter |
n. |
One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties. |
| Interpreting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Interpret |
| Interpretive |
a. |
Interpretative. |
