paraphrase

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Having to paraphrase the Greek words Herodotus even while Ionicizing), the Frenchman rendered them ``Herodote et aussi Jazon thus creating a new author, one Jazon.

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  1. noun A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
  2. noun The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching device.
  3. transitive verb To restate in a paraphrase.
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  • To paraphrase, the note makes it clear that any smoking done in the film was purely an artistic choice, and not a form of product placement or promotion. —  Box Office Prophets
  • To paraphrase, the question is how could a Library model a set of roles that a user might possess, and ask for possession of those roles in a way that doesn't inconvenience the user by forcing them to undergo multiple card transactions? —  Planet Identity
  • To paraphrase, the global economic downturn over the past year must be seen as a great boon to environmentalists and climate scientists because it slowed economic growth and presumably emissions faster and at a larger scale than any new policies could have. —  RealClimate
  • (Assuming that Budnick's paraphrase is accurate.) | Apr 21, 2009 7: 34: 54 AM —  BlueOregon
  • Friedman calls E.O. Wilson “one of the great treasures of America†and goes on to paraphrase, and agree with, his comments on geo-engineering to prevent climate change: —  TreeHugger
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render ·  rendering ·  translation ·  diction ·  phraseology ·  parody ·  quotation ·  epigram ·  commentary ·  saying ·  recitation ·  rendition

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paraphrase:   paraphrases ·  paraphrasing
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  1. French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase : para-, alongside; see para-1 + phrazein, to show, explain; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French paraphrase = Spanish par´frasi, parάfrasis = Portuguese paraphrase = Italian parafrasi, from Latin paraphrasis, from Gr.παράφρασις, a paraphrase, from παραφράζειν, say the same thing in other words, from παρά, beside, + φράζειν, say, tell: see phrase.
  2. =F. paraphraser = Spanish parafrasear = Portuguese paraphrasear = Italian parafrasare; from the noun.
 

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