metaphrase

(met′ə frāz′)

noun

a translation; esp., a literal, word-for-word translation, as distinguished from a paraphrase

Origin: ModL metaphrasis < Gr < metaphrazein: see meta- & phrase

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See metaphrase in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A word-for-word translation.

transitive verb met·a·phrased, met·a·phras·ing, met·a·phras·es

To translate, especially literally.
To manipulate the wording of (a text), especially as a means of subtly altering the sense.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin metaphrasis

Origin: , from Greek, translation, paraphrase

Origin: , from metaphrazein, to translate

Origin: : meta-, meta-

Origin: + phrazein, to tell, show; see g^whren- in Indo-European roots

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