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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
METAPHRASE
n.[Gr. over, according to or with, and phrase. ] A verbal translation; a version or translation or one language into another, word for word.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
METAPHRASE
Met "a *phrase, n. Etym: [Gr. meta `frasis, from metafrazein to paraphrase; meta ` beyond, over + fra `zein to speak: cf. F. métaphrase.]
1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase. Dryden.
2. An answering phrase; repartee. Mrs. Browning.
METAPHRASED
METAPHRASED Met "a *phrased, a.
Defn: Translated literally.
New American Oxford Dictionary
metaphrase
met a phrase |ˈmetəˌfrāz ˈmɛdəfreɪz | ▶noun a literal, word-for-word translation, as opposed to a paraphrase. ▶verb [ with obj. ] alter the phrasing or language of. DERIVATIVES met a phras tic |ˌmetəˈfrastik |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a metrical translation ): from Greek metaphrazein, literally ‘word differently. ’
Oxford Dictionary
metaphrase
meta |phrase |ˈmɛtəfreɪz | ▶noun a literal, word-for-word translation, as opposed to a paraphrase. ▶verb [ with obj. ] alter the phrasing or language of. DERIVATIVES metaphrastic |-ˈfrastɪk |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a metrical translation ): from Greek metaphrazein, literally ‘word differently ’.
Duden Dictionary
Metaphrase
Me ta phra se Substantiv, feminin , die |Metaphr a se |griechisch metáphrasis = Umschreibung 1 Literaturwissenschaft wortgetreue Übertragung einer Versdichtung in Prosa 2 Stilkunde erläuternde Wiederholung eines Wortes durch ein Synonym
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