paraphrase

[Fr., from Lat. paraph ras in, acc us, of paraph ras is, from Gr. paraph ras is=a paraphrase, from paraphrazō =to speak in add i tion, to paraphrase: paru beside, and phrazo to speak; Sp. para fras is; Ital. parafrasi.] 1. A free translation or rendering of a pa age; a restatement of a pa age, sentence, or work, in which the se sense of the or original is retained, but expre ed in other words, and generally more fully, for the purpose of clearer and fuller explanation; a setting forth in ampler and clearer terms of the signification of a text, pa age, or word. "The way I have taken is not so strait as metaphrase, nor so loose as paraphrase ."-Dryden: Æneis. (Ded.) 2. In Scotland it is applied specially to sixty seven versifications of Scripture pa ages used with psalms and hymns in Divine worship. 3. A representation in another form. "All his commands being but a transcript of his own life and his sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice."- South : Sermons , vol. iv., ser. 10. păr-a-phrāşe, v . t . & i . [PARAPHRASE, 8. ] A. Trans.: To expre , explain, or interpret in fuller and clearer words the signification of a pa age, statement, or work; to translate or restate freely and fully, but without losing or changing the original meaning. B. In trans.: To make a paraphrase; to explain or interpret freely. "Where translation is impracticable, they may paraphrase. But it is intolerable that, under a pretense of paraphrasing and translating, a way should be suffered of treating authors to a manifest disadvantage."- Felton: On the Cla ics.