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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

paraphrastique

Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free.

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Parˊa-phras′tic-al-ly

adv.

paraphrastic ‎(comparative more paraphrastic, superlative most paraphrastic)

pertaining to a paraphrase