Metaphrastic definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary METAPHRAS'TIC, a. Close or literal in translation. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Metaphrastic Met`a*phras"tic, Metaphrastical Met`a*phras"tic*al ...
... n. literal translation. --v.tr. put into other words. Derivatives: metaphrastic adj. Etymology: mod.L metaphrasis f. Gk metaphrasis f. metaphrazo ...