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/ɪntˌərprɪtˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Interpretation n.

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma. "Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks."

The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

The power or explaining. (R.)

(Fine Arts) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

(Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

Synonyms: Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.

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... folios numbered. Wanting all before 2 and after 2V 1. Epistle dedicatory to Philip Sidney Esquire, signed John Stell. Address to the reader signed by the same. 'Interpretation of the Epistle of Master Gentian Haruet,' signed Isaac Rabbotenu (i.e. Philip von Marnix van Sant Aldgonde.) Epistle dedicatory to Franciscus Sonnius signed Isaac Rabbotenu of Louen, and dated Jan. 5, 1569. Argument. One leaf blank (?). Table of authors quoted. ...

— Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge • W. W. Greg

... Scaricotojo, who find safe shelter under their lee during the sudden squalls of the Mediterranean. For, strange to relate, there are no dangerous currents, no treacherous whirlpools close to these rocky islets, such as we might expect to give some natural interpretation to the ancient myth, the origin of which remains unexplained and constitutes a very ...

— The Naples Riviera • Herbert M. Vaughan

... really understand an author's meaning. Every one is free to interpret him according to his individual instinct. But we must know how to justify his interpretation by gesture. Principles must aid us in choosing a point of view in accordance with his individual nature; otherwise incoherence is inevitable. Hence rules are indispensable. But when the law is known, each applies it in accordance ...

— Delsarte System of Oratory • Various

... at this time a gay, though rather elderly, man about town. Vague intimations are preserved of his personal appearance. Gay calls him "honest hatless Cromwell with red breeches;" and Johnson could learn about him the single fact that he used to ride a-hunting in a tie-wig. The interpretation of these outward signs may not be very obvious to modern readers; but it is plain from other indications that he was one of the frequenters of coffee-houses, aimed at being something of a rake and a wit, was on speaking terms with Dryden, and ...

— Alexander Pope - English Men of Letters Series • Leslie Stephen

... woods somewhere along the river bank. Impossible; too near, too far to the right, for that. It could hardly be artillery practice merely; for to-day was the Sabbath. And the youngest soldier among us knew better than to give those rapid, furious volleys the interpretation of a formal military ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

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