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Webster 1913 Edition

Paraphrast

Par′a-phrast

,

Noun.

[L.

paraphrastes

, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

paraphraste

.]

A paraphraser.

T. Warton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paraphrast

PAR'APHRAST

,

Noun.

[Gr.] One that paraphrases; one that explains or translates in words more ample and clear than the words of the author.