PARAPHRASTIC

paraphrastic

(adjective) altered by paraphrasing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

paraphrastic (comparative more paraphrastic, superlative most paraphrastic)

Pertaining to a paraphrase.

(grammar) Of a Latin conjugation: composed of the verb sum with participial forms of the verbs conjugated (as in e.g. amaturus sum).

Source: Wiktionary


Par`a*phras"tic, Par`a*phras"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.paraphrastique.]

Definition: Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free.

– Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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