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Metaphrase

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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CIDE DICTIONARY

Metaphrasen. [Gr. meta`frasis, from metafra`zein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. métaphrase.].
  •  A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; a literal translation; -- opposed to paraphrase.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An answering phrase; repartee.  Mrs. Browning.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Metaphrase, n. & v.
--n. literal translation.
--v.tr. put into other words.

Derivative
metaphrastic adj.
Etymology
mod.L metaphrasis f. Gk metaphrasis f. metaphrazo translate

ROGET THESAURUS

Metaphrase

Interpretation

N interpretation, definition, explanation, explication, solution, answer, rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering, rendition, redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret, clew, clavis, crib, pony, trot, exegesis, expounding, exposition, hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration, exemplification, gloss, annotation, scholium, note, elucidation, dilucidation, eclaircissement, mot d'enigme, symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics, metoposcopy, physiognomy, paleography, oneirology acception, acceptation, acceptance, light, reading, lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning, synonym, paraphrase, metaphrase, convertible terms, apposition, dictionary, polyglot, explanatory, expository, explicative, explicatory, exegetical, construable, polyglot, literal, paraphrastic, metaphrastic, consignificative, synonymous, equivalent, in explanation, that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English, more simply.

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