When you reinterpret something, you take a thing people already know — a story, an old song, a rule, a set of facts — and you think about it, show it, or play it in a new way. The old thing is still there; you are not throwing it away. You are giving it a new reading. A film-maker might reinterpret a fairy tale for today. A singer might reinterpret a famous song so it feels almost like a different piece. People who write about art, history, or law use this word a lot. Though actually, in everyday talk many people just say they see it in a new way, or do it differently. Reinterpret sounds a little more careful: you are saying the new way is a real way to understand it, not only a change of clothes.