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paraphrast en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (rare) Someone who paraphrases.
    • The Chaldee Paraphraſt underſtood it more generally, and rendred it thus: The VVord of the Lord abhorred them, as he did Sodom and Gomorrah. 1680 September 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Gilbert Burnet, A Sermon Preached before the Right-honourable the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Bow-Church, September 2. 1680. being the Anniversary Fast for the Burning of London, London: […] Richard Chiswel, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 5:

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Translations (1)

fr paraphraste (someone who paraphrases)