metaphrastic
əˌfræst noun
a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
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metaphrast (ˈmɛtəˌfræst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose | |
| [C17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator] | |
| meta'phrastic | |
| —adj | |
| meta'phrastical | |
| —adj | |
| meta'phrastically | |
| —adv | |
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Metaphrastic
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| metaphrast (ˈmɛtəˌfræst) | |
| —n | |
| a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose | |
| [C17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator] | |
| meta'phrastic | |
| —adj | |
| meta'phrastical | |
| —adj | |
| meta'phrastically | |
| —adv | |
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