Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interpretative"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Interpretative \In*ter"pre*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F.
interpr['e]tatif.]
1. Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.
``Interpretative lexicography.'' --Johnson.

2. According to interpretation; constructive.

An interpretative siding with heresies. --Hammond.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

interpretative
adj : that provides interpretation [syn: {interpretive}]


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