paraphrastic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of paraphrastic
1615–25; < Medieval Latin paraphrasticus < Greek paraphrastikós. See paraphrast, -ic
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Hill was apparently the first to prove the esthetic loss in such a practice by an analysis of particular paraphrastic expansions.
From 'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation by Pahl, Gretchen Graf
Commentaries and translations are numerous in German and in English; the translations by Denis Florence MacCarthy are the most satisfactory, Edward Fitzgerald's being too paraphrastic.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
The word Peshito signifies simple, indicating that it gives the simple meaning of the original, without paraphrastic and allegorical additions.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
On our own part, we beg to add, that we understand the style of the translator is more paraphrastic than can be approved by those who are acquainted with the singularly curious original.
From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir
Many methods have been devised to effect this, and with more or less success;—but we believe the most efficient, because the most natural and simple, is that which has been engrafted upon the paraphrastic exercise.
From A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by Gall, James
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