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met⋅a⋅phrase

  [met-uh-freyz] noun, verb, -phrased, -phras⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a literal translation.
–verb (used with object)
2. to translate, esp. literally.
3. to change the phrasing or literary form of.
Origin:
1600–10; < Gk metáphrasis a paraphrasing, change of phrasing. See meta-, phrase
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met·a·phrase   (mět'ə-frāz')   
n.  A word-for-word translation.
tr.v.   met·a·phrased, met·a·phras·ing, met·a·phras·es

  1. To translate, especially literally.

  2. To manipulate the wording of (a text), especially as a means of subtly altering the sense.


[New Latin metaphrasis, from Greek, translation, paraphrase, from metaphrazein, to translate : meta-, meta- + phrazein, to tell, show; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.]
met'a·phras'tic (-frās'tĭk) adj.
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