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in⋅ter⋅pre⋅tive

[in-tur-pri-tiv]
–adjective
1. serving to interpret; explanatory.
2. deduced by interpretation.
3. made because of interpretation: an interpretive distortion of language.
4. of or pertaining to those arts that require an intermediary, as a performer, for realization, as in music or theater.
5. offering interpretations, explanations, or guidance, as through lectures, brochures, or films: the museum's interpretive center.

Origin:
1670–80; interpret + -ive


in⋅ter⋅pre⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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in·ter·pre·tive   (ĭn-tûr'prĭ-tĭv)   
adj.  Relating to or marked by interpretation; explanatory.
in·ter'pre·tive·ly adv.
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