PARAPHRASTIC

paraphrastic|paraphrastical. Paraphrastic, or Paraphrastical, a. explanatory

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{ Par′a‐phras″tic (?), Par′a‐phras″tic‐al (?), } a. [[Gr.�: cf. F. paraphrastique.]] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free. — Par′a‐phras″tic‐al‐ly, adv.