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paraphrast

paraphrast noun: someone who paraphrases.

Noun

paraphrast (plural paraphrasts)

  1. (rare) Someone who paraphrases.
    • The Chaldee Paraphraſt underſtood it more generally, and rendred it thus: The VVord of the Lord abhorred them, as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.1680 September 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Gilbert Burnet, A Sermon Preached before the Right-honourable the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Bow-Church, September 2....

Forms of paraphrast

pluralparaphrasts

Questions about paraphrast

What does paraphrast mean?
Paraphrast means someone who paraphrases.
What part of speech is paraphrast?
Paraphrast is a noun.
What is the plural of paraphrast?
The plural of paraphrast is paraphrasts.

Words near paraphrast in the dictionary

  1. paraphrasing
  2. paraphrasings
  3. paraphrasis
  4. paraphrasist
  5. paraphrasists
  6. paraphrast
  7. paraphrastic
  8. paraphrastical
  9. paraphrastically
  10. paraphrasts
  11. paraphrenia

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