Reverse Dictionary: INTERPRET

ADJECTIVES
► INTERPRETATE interpreted, understood → 1526 obs.
► POLYSEMOUS bearing many different interpretations; having a multiplicity of meanings → 1884

NOUNS
► DECLARATION interpretation, explanation; a making clear or clearing up anything obscure or not understood → c1374 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BEACH-MAN a person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to ship masters, and assists them in conducting the trade → 1867
► DECLARER a person who interprets or explains → 1527 obs.
► HERMENEUT an interpreter, esp. of scriptural texts; specifically, one of those employed in the early Church to interpret the service to worshippers who used a different language → 1857
► HERMENEUTIST an interpreter; a person versed in hermeneutics (the interpretation of scriptural texts) → 1836
► HYPOPHET an interpreter, an expounder → a1843
► INTERPRETATER an interpreter → 1938 Amer. dial.
► LANGUISTER an interpreter → 1713 Amer. dial.
► LATIMER an interpreter → c1205 obs.
► LEINGISTER ► LINGISTER an interpreter → c1920 Amer. dial.
► LINGUISTER an interpreter → 1645
► LINKISTER an interpreter → 1896 Amer. dial.
► LINKSTER an interpreter → 1868 Amer. dial.
► MOONSHEE an interpreter; a learned man, professor, or teacher, esp. a Mohammedan teacher of languages → 1865 Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
► TERPS an interpreter → 1910s World War I Amer. sl.

VERBS
► DECLARE to interpret, to elucidate, to explain; to make clear or plain anything that is obscure or imperfectly understood → c1325 obs.
► INTERPRETATE to interpret → c1522 obs.
► LINKISTER to interpret → 1896 Amer. dial.
► MAKE A WELSHMAN’S HOSE OF to interpret a word, text, etc. to suit oneself; to make a nonsense of; to muddle → 1529 obs.
► OPEN to interpret, to explain; to unfold the sense of → c1200 obs.
► PLUCK THE GRASS TO KNOW WHERE THE WIND SITS to interpret a situation or infer a fact by studying signs or indications; to interpret the signs of the times → a1670 obs.
► TARPIT to interpret → 1835 Sc. obs.