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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paraphrasing}.] To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, n. [L. paraphrasis, Gr. [?], from [?] to say the same thing in other words; [?] beside + [?] to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See {Para-}, and {Phrase}.] A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase. In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense. --Dryden. Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David. --I. Disraeli. His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice. --Sowth. The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases. --Shipley. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. i. To make a paraphrase. | |
