paraphrase

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See also: Paraphrase and paraphrasé

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Etymology

From Middle French paraphrase.

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Noun

paraphrase (countable and uncountable, plural paraphrases)

  1. A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
  2. (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.

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paraphrase (third-person singular simple present paraphrases, present participle paraphrasing, simple past and past participle paraphrased)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.

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French

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paraphrase

  1. inflection of paraphraser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative