INTER'PRET, verb transitive [Latin interpretor, from interpres.] 1. To explain the meaning or words to a person who does not understand them; to expound; to translate unintelligible words into intelligible ones; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman. --Immanuel, which being interpreted, signified, God with us. Matthew 1:23. 2. To explain or unfold the meaning of predictions, vision, dreams or enigmas; to expound and lay open what is concealed from the understanding; as, Joseph interpreted the dream of Pharaoh. 3. To decipher. 4. To explain something not understood; as, to interpret looks or signs. 5. To define; to explain words by other words in the same language.
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