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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrázomai, “consider after”).
Noun
metaphrase (plural metaphrases)
- a literal, word-for-word translation.
- An answering phrase; repartee.
1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Eighth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1857, →OCLC:I'm somewhat dull still in the manly art
Of phrase and metaphrase. Why, any man
Can carve a score of white Loves out of snow,
As Buonarroti down in Florence there,
And set them on the wall in some safe shade […]
Verb
metaphrase (third-person singular simple present metaphrases, present participle metaphrasing, simple past and past participle metaphrased)
- to make such a literal translation.
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