Definition of interpretation

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Interpretation (n.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

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Explanation :: Explanation (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
Interpretatively :: Interpretatively (adv.) By interpretation.
Isagogics :: Isagogics (n.) That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures..
Liturgics :: Liturgics (n.) The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies..
Hermeneutics :: Hermeneutics (n.) The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The power or explaining.
Construction :: Construction (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense..
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..
Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..
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.
Misinterpretation :: Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Exegetics :: Exegetics (n.) The science of interpretation or exegesis.
Prophecy :: Prophecy (n.) Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
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..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part..
Anagogics :: Anagogics (n. pl.) Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Translation :: Translation (n.) The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult..
Constructive :: Constructive (a.) Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred..
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