- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To express, interpret or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
- (v.i.) To make a paraphrase.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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