All 6 Uses of
interpret
in
Jane Eyre
- You would say you don't see it; at least I flatter myself I read as much in your eye (beware, by-the-bye, what you express with that organ; I am quick at interpreting its language).
Chpt 14 (definition 1)interpreting = translating
- He and Miss Wilson took the liberty of falling in love with each other — at least Tedo and I thought so; we surprised sundry tender glances and sighs which we interpreted as tokens of 'la belle passion,' and I promise you the public soon had the benefit of our discovery; we employed it as a sort of lever to hoist our dead-weights from the house.
Chpt 17 (definition 2)interpreted = understood (in a particular way)
- Strong wind, earthquake-shock, and fire may pass by: but I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)interprets = understands (something in a particular way)
- I interpreted it as a warning of disaster.
Chpt 25 (definition 2) *interpreted = understood (in a particular way)
- The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter — often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter — in the eye.
Chpt 27 (definition 1) *interpreter = someone who translates language
- The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter — often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter — in the eye.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate words into spoken words of another language
(This word is especially used in place of translate when the translation is done real-time, or on-the-fly, or immediately as needed.)
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(2) (interpret as in: her interpretation of the data) to understand or explain something in a particular way -- often the meaning or significance of something