paraphrase
noun
a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
have paraphrased
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present perfectof paraphrase.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Fyodor Dostoevsky, speaking as prosecutor to the jury through the character Ippolit Kirillovich in “The Brothers Karamazov,” offers a perspective I have paraphrased when speaking to juries across this country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
In this and the two following stanzas I have paraphrased Horace, with a view to bring out what appears to be his sense.
From The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace by John Conington
The whole epistle, indeed, from which I have paraphrased this passage, is a comment upon it, and affords many useful lessons of philosophy.
From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by George Saintsbury
As Mrs. Behn knew no Latin no doubt some friend, perhaps Tate himself, must have paraphrased the original for her.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Montague Summers
I. § 7, for Walter’s interference and Lewis’s answer, which I have paraphrased.
From The Saint's Tragedy by Charles Kingsley
