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paraphrastic
par·a·phras·tic P0064100 (păr′ə-frăs′tĭk) or par·a·phras·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)adj. Of, relating to, or having the nature of paraphrase.
[Medieval Latin paraphrasticus, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase; see paraphrase.]
par′a·phras′ti·cal·ly adv.par•a•phras•tic (ˌpær əˈfræs tɪk)
adj. having the nature of a paraphrase. [1615–25; < Medieval Latin paraphrasticus < Greek paraphrastikós=paraphrast(ḗs) one who paraphrases, derivative of paraphrázein to paraphrase (para- para-1 + phrázein to tell, declare) + -ikos -ic] par`a•phras′ti•cal•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | paraphrastic - altered by paraphrasingaltered - changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens |
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