Dictionary entry

Hermeneutic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Her′me‐neu″tic (?), Her′me‐neu″tic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �, fr. � to interpret: cf. F. herméneutique.] Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.