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interpretation|ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən|
Also 4–6 -cioun, -cion(n)e, -cyon, 5 enterpretacioun, (-teysoun).
[a. F. interprétation (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or immed. ad. L. interpretātiōn-em, n. of action from interpretārī to interpret; cf. AF. entrepretacion (Godef. Compl.). The form enterpreteysoun represents an OF. semi-popular form in -aison, after raison, saison, etc.; cf. AF. interpretiso(u)n (like orison, venison).
1292Britton ii. viii. §3 Pur ceo voloms qe a nous soint les dotaunces et les deloyaunces moustrez, et qe par nous soint fetes les interpretisouns.]
1. a. The action of interpreting or explaining; explanation, exposition. † by interpretation, inferentially; = interpretatively.
Interpretation of Nature, a phrase used by Bacon to denote the discovery of natural laws by means of induction.
1382Wyclif 2 Pet. i. 20 Ech prophecie of scripture is not maad bi propre interpretacioun. 1529More Dyaloge i. Wks. 141/2 In the interpretacion we may paraduenture styck, Is it not so? 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xiv. §1 For the real and exact form of judgement, we refer ourselves to that which we have spoken of the interpretation of nature. 1692South 12 Serm. (1697) I. 441 Neither can he Will the Means, but he must Vertually, and by Interpretation at least, Will the End. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. Introd. 58 It may not be amiss to add a few observations concerning the interpretation of laws. 1869Huxley in Sci. Opin. 21 Apr. 464/2 The knowledge..requisite for the just interpretation of geological phenomena.
†b. The faculty or power of interpreting. Obs.
1526Tindale 1 Cor. xii. 10 To won is geven the vtteraunce off wisdom..To another the interpretacion off tonges. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 46 The gift of the haly spirit, callit interpretatio sermonum, the interpretation of wordis.
c. The technique of obtaining information from a photograph, esp. an aerial photograph. Cf. interpret v. 1 d.
1948Carling & Ross Brit. Surg. Pract. V. 276 The interpretation of the pyelogram may be difficult. 1958C. B. Smith Evidence in Camera i. 21 Interpretation was supposed to be a job that any Station Intelligence Officer could be trained for in a week or two.
2. a. An explanation given; a way of interpreting or explaining; † a comment, a commentary (obs.).
1390Gower Conf. I. 145 Of..straunge interpretations, Problemes and demaundes eke His wisedome was to finde and seke. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1027 After of this dreme herd he swilk interpretacionne. 1535Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb.) 42 Nether is the interpretacion of that worde resurreccion my priuate interpretacion. 1582C. Carlile Disc. Peter's Life (title-p.), An interpretation upon the Second Epistle of S. Paule to the Thessalonians, the second chapter. 1651Lilly Chas. I (1774) 251 The ambiguity of oracles, and their ambodextrous interpretations. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §25 He..ridiculed allegorical interpretations. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xi. (1878) 191 Perhaps I may have put a wrong interpretation on the passage.
b. Construction put upon actions, purposes, etc.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 153 Ȝe auȝt for to soften þe opiniouns of fonde men wiþ better interpretacioun. 1608D. T. Ess. Pol. & Mor. 56 Wee are bounde to give our neighbours proceedings a charitable interpretation. 1692Dryden St. Euremont's Ess. 94 Whatsoever Interpretation Tacitus has given of so prudent a Design. 1709Addison Tatler No. 108 ⁋3 They give mean Interpretations and base Motives to the worthiest Actions. 1874Mrs. Oliphant Mak. Florence x. (1877) 257 Things he had done which no charitable interpretation could explain away.
c. The representation of a part in a drama, or the rendering of a musical composition, according to one's conception of the author's idea.
1880Athenæum 25 Dec. 876/1 The part of Cassandra..is capable of more various interpretation than that of her rival.
3. The way in which a thing ought to be interpreted; proper explanation; hence, Signification, meaning.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 106 Bytokenynge or enterpreteysoun of wordes ys so as þe esprit of word, and þe endytynge ys þe body, and þe writynge ys þe clethynge of wordys and spekynge. 1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 49 To whom the interpretation of a Noune doeth agre, to the same also the Noune it selfe agreeth. 1845Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 822/1 Our law..claims to determine the interpretation and effect of every deed or will executed here. 1867Maurice Patriarchs & Lawg. i. (1877) 34 Man finds his meaning and interpretation in God.
†4. The action of translating; a translation or rendering of a book, word, etc. Obs.
1382Wyclif Prol. Joshua, If the oold oonliche interpretacioun plese to hem. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 44 Aftyr the reulys of interpretacyon Anne is as myche to seyn as grace. 1526Tindale John i. 2 Thou shalt be called cephas: which is by interpretacion, a stone. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. i. 279 Whatsoever Interpretations there have beene since, have been especially effected with reference unto..the Greeke and Hebrew text.
5. attrib.: interpretation clause, a clause in an Act of Parliament which defines the meaning of certain terms for the purposes of the Act.
1897Bouvier's Law Dict. I. 1107/2. 1971 Halsbury's Statutes Eng. (ed. 3) XXXII. 363 Interpretation sections. Most modern Acts contain an interpretation clause which states the meanings which particular expressions used in the Act in question are to bear or include.
Hence inˌterpreˈtational a., of or pertaining to interpretation.
1867Lightfoot in Contemp. Rev. V. 407 note, In its interpretational purpose..the work of Basilides would present a parallel to the exposition of Papias. |