interpretting

interpretting

English

Verb

interpretting

1. (comparatively rare) present participle of interpret
   • 1821: James Gray, The Mediatorial Reign of the Son of God; or, The Absolute Ability and Willingness of Jesus Christ to Save All Mankind, Demonstrated from the Scriptures, page 185

     We existed in Adam, say they, we were a part of his subsistance; we ate the forbidden fruit in Adam, and were condemned for that sin, because it is in fact our own sin. And again by literally interpretting the figures, which represent believers as being one with Christ, members of his body of blood, and of his bones; these speculators represent them as partaking in the benefits of his redemption, because they are substantially one with him, and in fact nothing more that Christ evolved.

   • 2009: Michael Barrow, Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies, page 280

     [F]ormulae are not given in this book: instead we present the results of computer calculations (which you can replicate) and concentrate on understanding and interpretting the results.

Usage notes

• The two-‘t’ spelling interpretting is over thirty-six hundred times rarer than the one-‘t’ spelling interpreting.[1]

References

1. Google Book Search: “interpretting” = 585 results vs. “interpreting” = 2,130,000 results (as of 17:45, 5 August 2010 [UTC])