interpret
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From Middle English interpreten < Old French interpreter, French interpréter < Latin interpretari (“‘to explain, expound, interpret’”), past participle interpretatus < interpres (“‘an agent, broker, explainer, interpreter, negotiator’”) < inter (“‘between’”) + -pres, probably the root of pretium (“‘price’”); -pres is probably connected with Greek φράζειν (phrazein), “‘to point out, show, explain, declare, speak’”) > φραδή (phrade), “‘understanding’”), φράσις (phrasis), “‘speech’”); see phrase.
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- (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈtɜːpɹɪt/, SAMPA: /In"t3:prIt/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ɪnˈtɝpɹɪt/, SAMPA: /In"t3`prIt/
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to interpret (third-person singular simple present interprets, present participle interpreting, simple past and past participle interpreted)
- 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.
- 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.
- (intransitive) To act as an interpreter.
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- interpret in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- interpret in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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interpret m.
- interpreter (programming)