PARAPHRAST


Meaning of PARAPHRAST in English

/par"euh frast'/ , n.

a person who paraphrases.

[ 1540-50; paraphrastes paraphrastés, deriv. of paraphrázein to retell in other words, equiv. to para- PARA- 1 + phrad -, base of phrázein to tell, declare + - tes agent n. suffix, with dt > st ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .