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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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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.
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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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adj. understood in a certain way; made sense of; "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation" [syn: taken]
Usage examples of "interpreted".
Surfaces can be seen but depths must be interpreted, and in that interpretation, you and I can be mistaken, and thus some sort of the hermeneutics of suspicion will always accompany us into the depths.
A thin hand was extruded from the draperies and made a gesture toward breast and hidden face that could be interpreted as a salute of sorts.
John, says positively that Matthew had written the discourses of Jesus Christ in Hebrew, and that each interpreted them as he could.
The reply of Ambrose was couched in the most humble and respectful terms, which might, however, be interpreted as a serious declaration of civil war.
Hegel's deeper truth is instantly interpreted as a surface truth that is hiding the real deep truth of libido.
A computer is a physical device built in such a way that a particular set of its physical changes can be interpreted as computations.
On the other hand, the personal identity of the individual developed through identification with a tribal group, which was in turn perceived as part of a nature interpreted in interaction [magical] categories.
The experience of powerlessness in relation to the contingencies of external nature had to be interpreted away in myth and magic.
This necessary differentiation (F-l and F-2) is completely confused with dissociation and is therefore interpreted as a primal loss, a primal alienation, that forever divides the self from others, from itself, and from nature.
It tends to be interpreted as either a Higher Self or a Gaia-self, both dualistic to the core, and both trying to convert the other by proselytizing their wounds.
My lack of attention to this area has been erroneously interpreted as a lack of interest (or to some sort of profound but unspoken disagreement with Grof), which is simply, absolutely, not the case.
I trusted he interpreted my trembling as fear of a beating rather than terror at discovery.
Triv was amused, but Lunzie interpreted Varian's report differently though she offered no comment.
Unloaded over there - ‘ He waved in a way that Sassinak interpreted as meaning the planet in question.
I need to know more about this world - direct data, not interpreted by those survivors, no matter how expert they are in their fields.