Verb
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.
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.
To act as an interpreter.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBut now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. Umberto Eco
Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. Jacques Lipchitz
In my eyes, concepts of theology have only as much value as they are able to interpret experience. It seems to me that we have long reached the point where we theologians only talk to ourselves and debate with our own history of concepts. Eugen Drewermann
The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people. Herbert Hoover
One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. Arthur Conan Doyle
I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. Susan Sontag