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PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rra...

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 770 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢See also:pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell) , a rendering into other words of a passage in See also:prose or See also:verse, giving the sense in a See also:fuller, simpler or clearer See also:fashion, also a See also:free See also:translation or See also:adaptation of a passage in a See also:foreign See also:language. The See also:term is specifically used in the Scottish and other Presbyterian churches of metrical versions for singing of certain passages of the See also:Bible.

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