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Definition of Paraphrasis
1. Noun. Rewording for the purpose of clarification.
Generic synonyms: Recasting, Rephrasing, Rewording
Specialized synonyms: Translation
Derivative terms: Paraphrase, Paraphrastic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraphrasis
Literary usage of Paraphrasis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Library of the Theel: Seminary in Andover, Massby Oliver Alden Taylor by Oliver Alden Taylor (1838)
"paraphrasis Epistolae ad Romanos, cum Notis,ctc. 8vo. Halae, 17C! ... paraphrasis in
Pauli ad Corinthien Epístolas. Cum Notis et Ver- Textu. 2 Vol. 8vo. ..."
2. A Fragment on Government; Or, a Comment on the Commentaries: Being an by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"An exposition framed after this method I would term paraphrasis. 6. A word may
be said to he expounded by paraphrasis, ..."
3. A Fragment on Government by Jeremy Bentham, Francis Charles Montague (1891)
"... framed after this method I would term paraphrasis. 6. A word may be said to
be expounded ... paraphrasis ..."
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