Her`me*neu"tic (?), Her`me*neu"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. , fr. to interpret: cf. F. herm'eneutique.]
Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
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