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paraphrast
[ par-uh-frast ]
noun
- a person who paraphrases.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of paraphrast1
1540–50; < Late Latin ±è²¹°ù²¹±è³ó°ù²¹²õ³Ùŧ²õ < Greek ±è²¹°ù²¹±è³ó°ù²¹²õ³Ùḗs, derivative of ±è²¹°ù²¹±è³ó°ùá³ú±ð¾±²Ô to retell in other words, equivalent to para- para- 1 + phrad- , base of ±è³ó°ùá³ú±ð¾±²Ô to tell, declare + -³Ùŧ²õ agent noun suffix, with dt > st
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Paraphrast′ic, -al, of the nature of a paraphrase: more clear and ample than the original passage: free, loose, diffuse.—adv.
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They could hardly do less on the principles they have adopted, while yet they feel constrained to concede that, though not belonging to the original Gospel, the excluded words do not, on the other hand, read like the invention of a paraphrast.
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In short, FitzGerald was more properly a paraphrast than a translator.
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But Jonathan, he adds, takes on him the liberty of a paraphrast.
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The Chaldee Paraphrast, observing that some especial presence of God is expressed in the words, Gen. iii.
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