paraphrast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of paraphrast
1540–50; < Late Latin paraphrastēs < Greek paraphrastḗs, derivative of paraphrázein to retell in other words, equivalent to para- para- 1 + phrad- , base of phrázein to tell, declare + -tēs agent noun suffix, with dt > st
Example Sentences
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Except in inserting the prayer and the Benedicite, the paraphrast draws only from the canonical part of the book of Daniel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
In short, FitzGerald was more properly a paraphrast than a translator.
From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh
But Jonathan, he adds, takes on him the liberty of a paraphrast.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar
The word in these two texts, usually translated shoe by the Chaldee paraphrast, in the latter is rendered glove.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
Sublime and solemn prose gains little by a change to blank verse; and the paraphrast has deserted his original, by admitting images not Asiatick, at least not Judaical: Returning peace, Dove-ey’d, and rob’d in white.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
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