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Definition of: metaphrase

(metə·frāz) v.t. ·phrased, ·phrasing
1. To translate word for word.
2. To alter the wording of.
noun

1. A literal translation.
2. A phrase in response; retort.
3. A school exercise consisting in the rendering of a piece of poetry into prose or of prose into verse. [<Gk. metaphrasis <metaphrazein paraphrase <meta- beyond + phrazein phrase]

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