[Ads-l] interpretate, v.

[Joel Berson]

Perhaps influenced by "adjudicate"?

Joel


      From: Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM>
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 Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:15 PM
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Merriam-Webster's Trend Watch is on it.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/is-interpretate-a-word-20170321


On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:44 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>
wrote:

> Heard on NPR coverage of Senate heard.something like:
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> [judges] had a chance to interpretate
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> What caught my ear was _interpretate_.  Isn't it _interpret_?
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