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Title metaphrase
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
meta·phrase
\\ˈme-tə-ˌfrāz\\ noun
 DATE  1609
: a literal translation
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
met·a·phrase
I. \ˈmed.əˌfrāz\ noun
Etymology: New Latin metaphrasis, from Greek, from metaphrazein to translate (from meta- + phrazein to point out, show, tell) + -sis
1. archaic : a translation especially in verse : 
paraphrase
2. : a literal translation from one language into another — opposed to paraphrase
II. transitive verb
1. : to make a metaphrase of
2. archaic : to render into verse
3. : to alter the wording of

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