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<p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>interpret</ex> the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to <ex>interpret</ex> an Indian speech.</as></def>

<blockquote>Emmanuel, which being <b>interpreted</b> is, God with us. <i>Matt. i. 23.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could <b>interpret</b> them unto Pharaoh. <i>Gen. xli. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; <as>as, an actor <ex>interprets</ex> the character of Hamlet; a musician <ex>interprets</ex> a sonata; an artist <ex>interprets</ex> a landscape.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- To translate; explain; solve; render; expound; elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.</syn>

<h1>Interpret</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In*ter"pret</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act as an interpreter.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Interpretable</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In*ter"pret*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interpretabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>interpr\'88table</ets>.]</ety> <def>Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.</def>

<h1>Interpretament</h1> <Xpage=779>

<hw>In*ter"pre*ta*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interpretamentum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Interpretation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<h1>Interpretation</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter`pre*ta"tion</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interpretatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>interpr\'82tation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; <as>as, the <ex>interpretation</ex> of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Look how we can, or sad or merrily, <b>Interpretation</b> will misquote our looks. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; <as>as, commentators give various <ex>interpretations</ex> of the same passage of Scripture</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The power or explaining.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The act or process of applying general principles or formul\'91 to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.</syn>

<h1>Interpretative</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter"pre*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>interpr\'82tatif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.</def> "<i>Interpretative</i> lexicography."