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<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>According to interpretation; constructive.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>interpretative</b> siding with heresies. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Interpretatively</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter"pre*ta*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By interpretation.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Interpreter</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter"pret*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>entrepreteur</ets>, L. <ets>interpretator</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.</def>

<blockquote>We think most men's actions to be the <b>interpreters</b> of their thoughts. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Interpretive</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In*ter"pre*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Interpretative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Interpubic</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*pu"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between the pubic bones or cartilages; <as>as, the <ex>interpubic</ex> disk</as>.</def>

<h1>Interpunction</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*punc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interpunctio</ets>, fr. <ets>interpungere</ets>, <ets>interppunctum</ets>, to interpoint. See <er>Inter-</er>, and <er>Point</er>.]</ety> <def>The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.</def>

<h1>Interradial</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*ra"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Between the radii, or rays; -- in zo\'94logy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; <as>as, the <ex>interradial</ex> plates of a starfish</as>.</def>

<h1>Interramal</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*ra"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>inter-</ets> + L. <ets>ramus</ets> a branch.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.</def>

<h1>Interreceive</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*re*ceive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To receive between or within.</def>

<h1>Interregency</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*re"gen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An interregnum.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Interregent</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*re"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Interregnum</h1> <Xpage=780>

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