understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

read between the lines - read what is implied but not expressed on the surface

mythicise, mythicize - interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories"

literalise, literalize - make literal; "literalize metaphors"

spiritualise, spiritualize - give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

reinterpret - assign a new or different meaning to

allegorise, allegorize - interpret as an allegory

read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"

read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

educe, elicit, evoke, extract, draw out - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with - go or occur together; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'"