reinterpret
verbEtymology From re- + interpret.
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To interpret again.
- If you look at it that way, you can reinterpret all the old evidence so that it supports the new theory.
- On a recent morning, which started by stirring a pot and ended with pouring a drink, Mr. Alexander offered his ideas on rye’s resurgence, reinterpreting the classics and creating the perfect winter cocktail.2010 December 25, Meribah Knight, “Bartender, I’d Like a Classic, or Maybe a Specialty Drink”, in The New York Times:
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- Isopoll maps can be reinterpreted to show the migration of a particular genus or ecotone through time by isochrones (equal time lines).2013, Raymond S. Bradley, Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, page 420:
- Derived terms
- reinterpretability, reinterpretable, reinterpreter
- Related terms
- reinterpretation