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metaphrase |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metaphrase \Met"a*phrase\, n. [Gr. meta`frasis, from metafrazein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf F. m['e]taphrase.] 1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word -- opposed to {paraphrase}. --Dryden. 2. An answering phrase; repartee. --Mrs. Browning.
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