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paraphrasts

paraphrasts is the plural of paraphrast.

Meaning of paraphrast

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....

Questions about paraphrasts

What is paraphrasts the plural of?
Paraphrasts is the plural of paraphrast.

Words near paraphrasts in the dictionary

  1. paraphrasists
  2. paraphrast
  3. paraphrastic
  4. paraphrastical
  5. paraphrastically
  6. paraphrasts
  7. paraphrenia
  8. paraphrenias
  9. paraphrenic
  10. paraphrenics
  11. paraphrenitis

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