Defn: To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the
meaning of a passage in other language.
We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. Bp.
Stillingfleet.
PARAPHRASE
Par"a*phrase, v. i.
Defn: To make a paraphrase.
PARAPHRASER
Par"a*phra`ser, n.
Defn: One who paraphrases.
PARAPHRASIAN
Par`a*phra"sian, n.
Defn: A paraphraser. [R.]
PARAPHRAST
Par"a*phrast, n. Etym: [L. paraphrastes, Gr. paraphraste.]
Defn: A paraphraser. T. Warton.
PARAPHRASTIC; PARAPHRASTICAL
Par`a*phras"tic, Par`a*phras"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.paraphrastique.]