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metaphrase

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Definition of metaphrase

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A literal, word-for-word translation.
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noun

  1. A literal, word-for-word translation.
  2. An answering phrase; repartee.
    “I'm somewhat dull still in the manly art Of phrase and metaphrase. Why, any man Can carve a score of white Loves out of snow, As Buonarroti down in Florence there, And set them on the wall in some safe shade […]”

verb

  1. To make such a literal translation.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrázomai, “consider after”). By surface analysis, meta- + phrase.

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