From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreinterpretre‧in‧ter‧pret /ˌriːɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ˈtɜːrp-/ verb [transitive] formal to think about something, show something, perform something etc in a new way The book reinterprets the Dracula legend. —reinterpretation /ˌriɪntɜːprəˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]