Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            pertaining to the art or science of interpretation, that is, how of interpreting a given text or statement, as distinguished from that of exegesis.