interpretate 
If one consult the erltics thereupon, 
Same place have a note, mime others none; 
And when they t:iki' int- />/ , Inln, I pains, 
Sometimes the uitlietilty still rem:iin-. 
fiyrum, Critical Kcmarku on Horace. 
interpretation (in-tto-pre-tt'ihoti), . [< ME. 
interpretation, interpretaotowi, < OK i-nln/in- 
tutiiiii. hilir/iri'/ittiiiii, F. iii/i'i-i>i-i'-tiitinii = Pr. 
mli 1'iin l/ii'iii = Sp. interpretation = Pg. inter- 
prctacSo = It. iiitcr/iri'td-iniic, < L. inti r/in-tn- 
tiit(ii-), explanation/ inter/iretttri, explain: see 
interpret.'} 1. The act of interpreting, expound- 
ing, or explaining; translation; explanation; 
elucidation : as, the interpretation of a difficult 
passage in au authot 
dreams or of prophecy, 
Look how wo can, or sad or merrily, 
lnt,-riii;-liil!'iit ivill misijiinle mil- looks. 
Slink., 1 Hen. IV., v. 2, 13. 
3153 
a point or mark placed between the parts or 
members of a sentence ; intermediate punctua- 
tion. 
interrogation . 
Thousand worse Pastttnns then posaest 
The Inttr-rri/tiiiiii nf n,\ breast. 
Ciiti'lnj, The Chronicle, t. 9. 
Between the lost dandelion anil violet . . . and the flrt 
spring blossom . . . there is a frozen interregnum lu the 
vegetable world. 0. W. Uolmet, Old Vol. ofLife, p. 17. 
The whole course of our life is full of interpunctiont or 
commas-, death is but the period or full point. 
Jackson, Works, III. 499. 
A various inierpunction, a parenthesis, a letter, an ac- interreignt (in'ter-ran), n. [< F. interregne = 
cent, may much alter the sense. bp. Pg. It. interregna, < L. interregnum, inter- 
regnum: see interregnum.] An interregnum. 
Comparing that confused anarchy with this interreiyn. 
, 
which every word is divided from the rest by a single 
fashion which we flnd occurring in Greek MSS. 
point ; a 1 
of late date. 
ng I 
J. Kendel Harris. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 888. 
Interpunction in the wider sense of the insertion of a 
distinguishing point is as old as the Moabite Stone, In -, 
_ut_u _ _j ,_ .... . . .. mutiin, Hist Eng., ill. 
interrelate (in'ter-re-laf), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
is, me interpretation 01 a difficult 4 , interrelated, ppr. interrelating. [< inter- + re- 
n author; the interpretation of interpunctuation (m-ter-pungk-tu-a'ghon), . late.] To bring into reciprocal relation; con- 
>rophecy. .< mi'-r- + punctuation.] Same as tnterpuno- nect intimately. [Rare.] 
' . Spaces Intervening between the areas may readily be 
1 he device of the letter, which by the false interpunc- conceived to be filled with fibrils and cells that interrelate 
tiintinn of the parasite conveys to the heroine the directly 
opposite meaning to that which his master intended it t 
bear, is amusing enough. 
A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit, I. 142. 
This habit, carried Into the interpretation of things at 
large, altects it somewhat as the mathematical habit af- , ., -. Mlu ^ , , 
H Spencer, study of Sociol., p. 821. interracial (in-ter-ra'sial). a. [< inter- 4 race* 
,:.... .?.!?"! e _? 1 - V -t"^' a "- m ! ter P. ret ?J ; assumed + -ial.] Existing or "taking place between 
races, or members of different races. 
these and other functions complexly. 
Amer. Naturalist, XXII. 616. 
If interracial marriages were legalized (as 
yet), such unions would always be toe 
ground for alarm. 
meaning; apparent meaning; signification: as, 
varying interpretations of the same passage or 
event; to put a bad interpretation upon any- 
thing. In law, Interpretation in this sense usually implies 
either (1) that a word or phrase, read in the light of other 
parts of the instrument or of extrinsic evidence. Is found to 
have a running different from that first apparenton its face ; 
or (2) that a word or passage not clear in Itself is found, by 
transposition or reconstruction of the order of words or by 
dilferent punctuation, to have a clear meaning ; and hence 
the maxim that it is not allowable to interpret that which 
has no need of interpretation. 
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is . 8Ome crinoids; an interradiale. 
of any private interpretation. 2 Pet. i. 20. interradiale (in-ter-ra-di-a'le), .; pi. 
,/.,./;.. / 1: K \ TXTT . _ .-. .*. ._ J._T 
It 1* a sine qua non that the experiments made with the 
object of solving such problems be throughout logically 
interrelated. Xattnre, XXXVU. 267. 
interrelation (in'ter-re-la'shon), n. [< inter- 
+ relation.] Reciprocal relation or correspon- 
r ouc incite . ive dence > interconnection. Athcn<eum. 
'iPertminster*Xc%T&V. l 3ao. interrelationship (in'ter-re-la'shon-Bhip),n. 
.in-ter-ra'di-al), a. and w. 
-, between, + radius, "ray: see radial^\ I. 
a. Situated between the radii or rays : as, the 
interradial petals in an echinoderm. Compare 
ndradial. 
[< interrelation -f -ship.] Th'e state of being in- 
terrelated; the condition of reciprocal relation 
or correspondence. 
The interrelationship between Matthew, Mark, and Luke 
is perhaps the most complicated . . . problem in the his- 
beseech thee to prosper this great sign, and to give 
n. . A ray situated between rays, as in **!?** &^, Hist ChAt Church, I. 5 79. 
ids: an interradiale. interrepellent (in'ter-re-pel'e.nt), a. [< inter- 
+ repellent.] Mutually or reciprocally repel- 
lent. De Quinceu. [Rare.] 
/i + A*. 'A. ' ~ 
g (-li-&). [NL. : see interradial.] That 
.. */ woubiii biicc i*/ pi wojjer tins Kit :u M^ii arm 10 give > W L * j *. UOIK ,, .~ / \ 
us the interpretation and use of it in mercy. Bacon, which is situated between rays, as of an echino- Interrer (in-ter er), . One who inters or 
3. The representation of a dramatic part or c ; specifically, in Crinoidea, a plate or part t ^^ f^ffi?^ 
character, or the rendering of a musical com- 
position, according to one's particular concep- 
tion of it : as, an original and spirited interpre- 
tation of " Hamlet. "Allegorical Interpretation, interradially (in-ter-ra'di-al-i), adv. Between 
between radialia. 
In the calyx of the TesseUata there are plates, interradi- 
alia, present between the radialia. Encyc. Bra., VII. 686. 
interrex (in'ter-reks), n.; pi. interreges (in-ter- 
re'jez). [L.,< inter, between, + rex, king: see 
See allegorical. Interpretation clause. See clause. 
irresistible and immediate conviction, the entire series 
leading up to widely general principles. = Syn. 1 and 2 
Elucidation, construction, version, rendering. See trans- 
late. 
interpretative (in-ter'pre-ta-tiv), a. [=: F. t- 
terpretati/ = Pr. interpretaiiu = Sp. Pg. inter- 
pretative, < L. as if "interpretativus, < interpre- 
rex.] In ancient Rome, a regent; a magis- 
trate who governed during an interregnum. 
On the death of a king ten Interreges were appointed by 
the senate, each holding the chief power five days, until a 
new king nominated by them was approved by the curiie. 
Under the republic interreges were appointed to hold 
the comitia when successors to the consulate failed to be 
elected at the proper time, or a vacancy occurred other 
, __._,. ,. or among rays : as, " an in terradiallu placed ma- 
Interpretation of nature, in Bacon's philosophy, sclen- dreporite," Encyc. Brit. 
^na^n^y^^^^^l^ie^^^^^^:. interradius (in-ter-ra'di-us), .; pi. interradii 
' (-i). [< inter- + radius.] An interradial part ; 
specifically, one of the secondary or intennedi- 
ate rays or radiating parts or processes of a hy- in'terrogate (iu-ter'6-gat), v. ; pret. and pp. in- 
urozoan, alternating with the perradu or pn- *'>*.^ -5-J * *-i____^i 
mary rays. 
The madreporite lies in 
of the sea-urchin. 
wise. 
the right anterior interradius 
terrogated, ppr. interrogating. "[< L. interroga- 
tus, pp. of interrogare (> It. interrogare = 
Pg. interrogar = Pr. interrogar, enterrogar 
reciprocal. Johnson, Eng^ Diet, PrefT 
80 that by this interpretative compact each party hath 
made that lawful in time of war which is unlawful in time 
of peace. Sir M. Hale, Cont, Mat vii. 12. 
2. Inferential; implied; constructive. 
-l aw 
The rejecting their additions may Justly be deemed an 
interpretative siding with heresies. Hammond. 
interpretatively (in-ter'pre-ta-tiv-li), adv. By 
submental; intercrural. 
amicorn (in-ter-ram'i-kdrn), . [< L. in- 
_ between, + ramus, a branch, + cornu, a 
horn.] In ornith., a separate piece of the horny 
sheath of the bill which is found in some birds, 
The traveller, . . . coming to the fortified habitation of 
a chieftain, would probably have been intemxjated from 
the battlements. Johnson, Jour, to Western Isles. 
= Syn. Inquire, Question, etc. (see <a*l); catechize. 
n. *-*-- 
as the albatrosses, between the rami of the 
lower mandible. 
, , v r _ ^. T - iv , ,. _, The <ntmwmt<r formrthe gonal element of the bill. 
interpretation; so as to interpret or give ground . . ve>> " hUlL Acad -' 1886> p " 276 - interrogatet (iu-ter'o-gat), . r< interrogate, v.] 
for interpretation ; inferentially. interreceive (m"ter-re-sev ), c. t. ; pret. and A question ; an interrogation. Bp. Hall Cases 
pp. interreceived, ppr. interreceirAng. [< inter- of Conscience, iii. 10 
intrans. To ask questions. 
By his instructions touching the queen of Naples, it 
seemeth he could interrogate touching beauty. 
/,'"."//. Hist 1 
Hen, VII. 
,., 
explain : see interpret.] One who or that which 
interprets; one who explains or expounds; an 
expositor; a translator ^specially, Le who ex- 
plains what is said in a different language. 
And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for 
he spake to them by an interpreter. Gen. xUi. 23. 
It is therefore an error to suppose that the Judiciary is 
the only interpreter of the Constitution, for a large field is 
left open to the other authorities of the government 
J. Bryce, American Commonwealth, I. 365. 
ing between kings. c j a ] Evidence, "n. iv. $ 6. 
t w TieiUhe crime [the massacre of the Huguenots] came interrogates (in-f 
execution of*" 
[< interrogate 
ineun.uieu HIRI acciuenuu; me isolated execution of an ; rr """," LR^re.J 
interrtyal consph-acy, existing for half a generation, yet interrogation (m-ter-o-ga sbon), . [= F. IH- 
exploding without concert. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 261. 
interregencyt (in-ter-re'jen-si), n. [< inter- + 
regency.] The space of 'time, or the govern- 
ment, while there is no lawful sovereign on the 
throne ; an interregnum. Blount. 
inter- + 
interreg- 
201. 
. was to superintend all high affairs 
(m-ter-pu bik), a. [< L. inter, be- tween reigns; an interval of time elapsing be- 
.ii. + Mtafc pubes : see pubic.] Situated be- 
terrogation = Pr. interrogattb, enterrogacio = 
Sp. interrogation = Pg. interrogac&o = It. inter- 
rogazione, < L. interrogatio(n-), a questioning, 
a question, < interrogare, question: see interro- 
gate.] 1. The act of questioning ; examination 
by questions. 
Pray yon, spare me 
Further interrogation, which boots nothing 
Except to turn a trial to debate. Byron. 
2. A question put ; an inquiry. 
How demurely soever such men may pretend to sanctity 
that interrogation of God presses hard upon them, Shall I 
count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the 
bag of deceitful weights? Government o/the Tongue. 
3. Any proposition doubted or called in ques- 
e "-,7~ J'of,pubes: see pubic.] Situated be- tween the end of one reign and the beginning -, 
t ween the right and left pubic bones: as, the in- of the next, as in the case of a disputed or un- tlon m the disputations with which, during the 
t<-ri>i<ln<- articulation. or svmnhvi<.iW a - 8 nj- certain succession 
terpubie articulation, or symphysis pubis 
terpvbto ligument or cartilage.lmterpubic flbro- 
cartilage. See Jibrocartilage. 
interpunction (in-teispnngk'shpn), . [< L. 
iiiti'r/iiiiifli'i(n-), a placing of points between 
words, < iiit,-r/iiin,/i'n; place points between 
words, < inter, between, + jiuni/m-i; point: see 
pungent, point.] The pointing of sentences, or 
A great meeting of noblemen and gentlemen who had 
piojierty in Ireland was held, during the interregnum, at 
the house of the Duke of Orniond In Saint James's Square. 
Mn, 'ii n In n. Hist Eng., xii. 
Hence 2. An intermission in any order of suc- 
cession; any breach of continuity in action or 
influence. 
prevalence of scholasticism, boys were exercised 
in the schools. 4. See interrogation-point. 
Fallacy of many interrogations. ' See fattaciet in 
things (7), under fallacy. Note or mark of interroga- 
tion, Same as intrrrnyation point. 
We are compelled to read them with more alertness, and 
with a greater number of mental note* of interrogation. 
The Academy, Nov. S, 1888, p. 288. 
= Syu. 2. Query , Impiiry, etc. See question, n. 
