(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:30:12

In*ter"pre*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. interpr'etatif.]

1.

Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.

"Interpretative lexicography."

Johnson.

2.

According to interpretation; constructive.

An interpretative siding with heresies. Hammond.

 

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