Difference between revisions of "Paraphrase"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_153709" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_153709" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; - opposed to metaphrase. </p> <p> (2): (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. </p> <p> (3): (v. i.) To make a paraphrase. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; - opposed to metaphrase. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To make a paraphrase. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20279" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20279" /> == | ||
<p> An explanation of some text in clearer and more ample terms, wherein more regard is had to an author's meaning than his words. </p> <p> See | <p> An explanation of some text in clearer and more ample terms, wherein more regard is had to an author's meaning than his words. </p> <p> See [[Commentary.]] </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == |
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; - opposed to metaphrase.
(2): ( v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
(3): ( v. i.) To make a paraphrase.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
An explanation of some text in clearer and more ample terms, wherein more regard is had to an author's meaning than his words.
See Commentary.