figurative. transitive. To expound, explain, interpret; to declare; (also) to reveal, disclose. Cf. unlock, v. 1d.

To divine the meaning of (obscure words), interpret (a dream), solve (a riddle or enigma). archaic.

transitive. To interpret or explain as.

transitive. To interpret, explain the meaning of.

To explain, interpret. esp. To interpret, comment upon (Scripture, religious formularies, etc.). Now chiefly with reference to homiletic exposition…

transitive. To give the sense or meaning of; to expound, explain, interpret (language).

= interpret, v.

transitive. To assign a meaning to, state the meaning or import of; to interpret. Obsolete.

To interpret, assign a meaning to. Obsolete.

transitive. To wrest (meaning).

transitive. To remove (a star, etc.) from its sphere. Also in figurative context.

transitive. To develop, bring out what is implicitly contained in (a notion, principle, proposition); to expand upon. Also intransitive.

figurative. To make out, understand, decipher, or comprehend, by study. Also with out.

transitive. To free from that in which it is enveloped; to unfold, develop.

figurative; esp. to obtain (comfort, pleasure, happiness) from a specified source; also, to draw out (the sense of anything); to deduce (a…

To make out the meaning of, explain to oneself.

figurative. To make clear (an obscure subject).

transitive. In extended use: to take a particular view of (a person, thing, event, etc.); to regard or interpret in a certain way.

A row of written or printed letters. gen. One of the rows of letters in any piece of writing or letterpress: often, esp. in plural, put for the…