Paraphrase definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PAR'APHRASE, n. s as ... expressed in the words of the author. Such as the paraphrase of the New Testament by Erasmus. In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not ... v.i. To interpret or explain amply; to make a paraphrase. Where translation is impracticable, they may paraphrase. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: rewording for the purpose of clarification [syn: paraphrase, paraphrasis] v 1: express the same message in different ...
Chaldee Paraphrase definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chaldee Chal"dee, a. Of ... Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea. Chaldee Paraphrase, A targum written in Aramaic.
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary T`ARGUM, n. A translation or paraphrase of the sacred Scriptures in the Chaldee language or dialect ... m, from Aramaic, translation Date: 1587 an Aramaic translation or paraphrase of a portion of the Old Testament Webster's 1913 ... m to interpret. Cf. Truchman, and Dragoman.] A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the ... the same time there is not a total avoidance of paraphrase. In Ge 4:7 the Targum renders, "If thou doest ... the poetical passages that the writer gives loose rein to paraphrase. As an example the blessing of Judah in Jacob's ... Jud 5) the 1st verse has only a little of paraphrase: "Then sang praises Deborah and Barak the son of ...
... in respect of age and value. It is more a paraphrase on the Prophets, however, than a translation. Both of these ... and of the Acts in the form of a metrical paraphrase, toward the close of the seventh century), long before Wyckliffe ... opera, opera score, opus, orchestral score, order, organization, original, paper, paraphrase, parchment, parody, part, party, penscript, persuasion, piano score, piece, piece ...
... combination of a translation with a commentary, resulting in a paraphrase, or an interpretative translation--having its origin in exegesis. The language of this paraphrase is the vernacular tongue of Syria, which began to reassert ...
... that it is a somewhat clumsy, perhaps, but not misleading, paraphrase of the Greek term in theological language of the day ... Holy Spirit," that is to say--we could not better paraphrase it--"as borne by the Holy Spirit." In other words ...
... Explaining or translating amply and freely. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Paraphrase Par"a*phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraphrased; p ... passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
... APHRASED, pp. Amply explained or translated. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Paraphrase Par"a*phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraphrased; p ... passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
... understood or construed. Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1 ... interpret; to understand. Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own words to free ourselves either from the ignorance ...
... margin of a text. b a comment, explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase. 2 a misrepresentation of another's words. 3 a a ... ostensible motive, ostentation, outward show, overstate, paint, pale, palliation, palliative, paraphrase, parget, pastel, patina, patinaed, pearly, perversion, pervert, phrase book, pigment ...
... 1) to express in different terms and especially different words ; paraphrase (2) to express in more comprehensible terms ; explain, interpret 3 ... interpret, make over, metabolize, metamorphose, metaphrase, metastasize, metathesize, move, mutate, paraphrase, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, perfuse, relay ...
... of an author or document, esp. as distinct from a paraphrase of or commentary on them. 3 a passage quoted from ... the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary. --Chaucer. 2. (O. Eng. Law) The four ...
... Date: circa 1623 having the nature of or being a paraphrase • paraphrastically adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Paraphrastic Par`a*phras ... a. [Gr.?: cf. F. paraphrastique.] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than ...
... v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 1602 1 ... fill, give an encore, go over, go through, iterate, pad, paraphrase, practice, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recast, recite, recount, rehash, rehearse, reissue ...
... Met"a*phrase, n. [Gr. meta`frasis, from metafrazein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. m ... from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase. --Dryden. 2. An answering phrase; repartee. --Mrs. Browning.