PARAPHRASE

I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein to ~, from para- + phrazein to point out Date: 1548 a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form, the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition, II. verb (-phrased; -phrasing) Date: 1596 intransitive verb to make a ~, transitive verb to make a ~ of, paraphrasable adjective ~r noun