paraphrast

American  

[par-uh-frast] / ˈpær əˌfræst /

noun

1. a person who paraphrases.

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Etymology

Origin of paraphrast

1540–50; < Late Latin paraphrastēs < Greek paraphrastḗs, derivative of paraphrázein to retell in other words, equivalent to para- para- ¹ + phrad- , base of phrázein to tell, declare + -tēs agent noun suffix, with dt > st

Example Sentences

Sublime and solemn prose gains little by a change to blank verse; and the paraphrast has deserted his original, by admitting images not Asiatick, at least not Judaical: Returning peace, Dove-ey’d, and rob’d in white.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

In short, FitzGerald was more properly a paraphrast than a translator.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

The brazen serpent was called the Word by the Chaldee paraphrast.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

A deepe blush on sweet Mercy's face ledd to ye detection of ye paraphrast, and drew on her some deserved commendations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

But Jonathan, he adds, takes on him the liberty of a paraphrast.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar