(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something in a particular way, you decide that this is its meaning or significance.
The whole speech might well be ~ed as a coded message to the Americans...
The judge quite rightly says that he has to ~ the law as it’s been passed...
Both approaches agree on what is depicted in the poem, but not on how it should be ~ed.
VERB: V n as n, V n, V n adv/prep
2.
If you ~ what someone is saying, you translate it immediately into another language.
The chambermaid spoke little English, so her husband came with her to ~...
Interpreters found they could not ~ half of what he said.
VERB: V, V n