Metaphrase Definition
mĕtə-frāz
metaphrased, metaphrases, metaphrasing
noun
A translation; esp., a literal, word-for-word translation, as distinguished from a paraphrase.
Webster's New World
An answering phrase; repartee.
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verb
To translate, esp. literally.
Webster's New World
To change the wording of.
Webster's New World
To manipulate the wording of (a text), especially as a means of subtly altering the sense.
American Heritage
To make such a literal translation.
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Origin of Metaphrase
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New Latin metaphrasis from Greek translation, paraphrase from metaphrazein to translate meta- meta- phrazein to tell, show gwhren- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrazomai, “consider after")
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