metaphrase

Speech parts

1. metaphrase - Noun

2. metaphrase - Verb

Meaning

A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

version pony glossary reading translation interpretation conversion explanation adaptation rendering transcription translate amplification rendition paraphrase

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Antonyms

problem obscurity

Examples

In his own words, The way I have taken, is not so streight as Metaphrase, nor so loose as Paraphrase: Some things too I have omitted, and sometimes added of my own. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

metaphotography metaphragma metaphragmal metaphrased metaphrasis metaphrast