Definition of interpretation

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Interpretation (n.) The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture..

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Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Gnostic :: Gnostic (n.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma..
Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..
Prophecy :: Prophecy (n.) Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
Dittology :: Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text..
Exposition :: Exposition (n.) The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary..
Misinterpretation :: Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The power or explaining.
Interpretable :: Interpretable (a.) Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
Solute :: Solute (a.) Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation..
Explanation :: Explanation (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
Hermeneutical :: Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase..
Construction :: Construction (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part..
Maieutical :: Maieutical (a.) Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..
Interpretative :: Interpretative (a.) According to interpretation; constructive.
Misconstruction :: Misconstruction (n.) Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.
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