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Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.

Interpretation. [Obs.] Milton.

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma. Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks. Shak.

Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory. "Interpretative lexicography." Johnson.

By interpretation. Ray.

One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties. We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts. Locke.

Interpretative. [R.]

Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.

The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

ween the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.

Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.

To receive between or within.

An interregnum. [Obs.] Blount.

A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.

period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

An interregnum. [Obs.] Bacon.

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.

Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. -- n.

Mutually repellent. De Quincey.