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metaphrastical

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met⋅a⋅phrast

  [met-uh-frast]
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–noun
a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
Origin:
1600–10; MGk metaphrástēs one who translates, equiv. to *metaphrad-, base of metaphrázein to translate (see meta, phrase ) + -tēs agent suffix

Related forms:
met⋅a⋅phras⋅tic, met⋅a⋅phras⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
met⋅a⋅phras⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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