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paraphrastic

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par⋅a⋅phras⋅tic

  [par-uh-fras-tik]
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–adjective
having the nature of a paraphrase.
Origin:
1615–25; < ML paraphrasticus < Gk paraphrastikós. See paraphrast, -ic

Related forms:
par⋅a⋅phras⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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par·a·phras·tic   (pār'ə-frās'tĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or having the nature of paraphrase.

[Medieval Latin paraphrasticus, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase; see paraphrase.]
par'a·phras'ti·cal·ly adv.
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