vi to make a paraphrase.
2. paraphrase ·vt to express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
3. paraphrase ·noun a restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering;
opposed to metaphrase.