interpret

interpret
verb /ɪnˈtɜːpɹɪt,ɪnˈtɝpɹɪt/
a) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; applied especially 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.

b) 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.

"And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh." Gen. xli. 8.


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  • interpret — INTERPRÉT, Ă, interpreţi, te, s.m. şi f. 1. Persoană care traduce pe loc şi oral ceea ce spune cineva în altă limbă, mijlocind astfel înţelegerea dintre două sau mai multe persoane; translator, tălmaci. 2. fig. Persoană care exprimă năzuinţele… …   Dicționar Român

  • interpret — in·ter·pret /in tər prət/ vt: to explain or tell the meaning of (as a document) esp. in order to determine intent they must interpret the provisions of the Constitution L. H. Tribe Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • 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} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • Interpret — steht für: eine Person, die (meist aufgrund einer vorangegangen Analyse) eine Deutung vornimmt, siehe Interpretation in der Musik darüber auch den Darbieter eines Werks, siehe Interpretation (Musik) in der Softwaretechnik ein Computerprogramm,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Interpret — (v. lat.), 1) Unterhändler; 2) Dolmetscher, Ausleger. Daher Interpretiren, auslegen, erklären. Interpretation, Auffindung u. Darstellung des wahren Sinnes einer Schrift od. einer einzelnen Stelle, daher so v.w. Auslegung, Erklärung: A) Die I.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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

  • Interpret — (lat. interpres, bei Tertullian interpretator), die Mittelsperson, der Unterhändler (z.B. für Bestechungen bei den Wahlen im alten Rom), Dolmetscher, Ausleger, Erklärer, Uebersetzer. I.ation, die Auslegung, Erklärung im allgemeinsten Sinne; s.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • intèrprēt — m 〈G interpréta〉 ekspr., {{c=1}}v. {{ref}}interpretator{{/ref}} …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • Interpret — Interpret,der:1.⇨Erklärer–2.⇨Sänger(1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

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