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单词 paraphrast
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paraphrastn.

Brit. /ˈparəfrast/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌfræst/
Forms: 1500s paraphraste, 1500s– paraphrast.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek παραϕραστής.
Etymology: < Byzantine Greek παραϕραστής (in Jerome (4th cent.) as a Greek word; in Greek authors from the 5th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek παραϕράζειν to paraphrase ( < ancient Greek παρα- para- prefix1 + ϕράζειν to explain, make known: see phrase n.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French, French paraphraste (1542). Compare slightly earlier paraphraser n.
A person who paraphrases or makes a paraphrase; = paraphraser n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > paraphrase > [noun] > one who paraphrases
paraphraser1548
paraphrast1549
paraphrastic1623
paraphraster1632
paraphrasist1884
1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ded. Canonicall Ep. sig. *.iv Touchyng thys notable learned Paraphrast D. Erasmus.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. To Rdr. sig. *iiijv More like a Paraphrast then a translator.
c1596 R. Naunton Let. 12 Feb. in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1976) II. 81 Another chardge he gaue me..was..to play the Paraphrast upon my master a pece of his Spa.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 93 As Jonathan the Chaldee Paraphrast expoundeth it.
1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible 306 Later paraphrasts, who wrote since the Masoretical age.
1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 55 Using all proper helps, as commentators, paraphrasts, books of controversy.
1825 T. Moore Life R. B. Sheridan 582 Even that scene..is indebted to this unknown paraphrast for the whole of its embroidery.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. ii. 17 Able to understand the Bible..through the aid of a paraphrast.
1966 V. Nabokov Let. 14 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1989) 393 His uncle, an irresponsible paraphrast, mistranslates Shakespeare.
1989 Times 27 May 37/2 Today's successful compilers call themselves literary biographers: paraphrasts in wolf's clothing, they roam our review pages at seasonal intervals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

paraphrastv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paraphrast n.
Etymology: < paraphrast n.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. = paraphrase v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > paraphrase > express in different words [verb (transitive)]
vary1580
paraphrast1583
translate1589
paraphrase1593
rehash1820
reword1892
réchauffer1899
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. O2 Bullinger, paraphrasting vpon Mathew, 14. saith, After feasting..commeth dancing.
1607 S. Hieron Def. Ministers Reasons 99 Our owne Church Bible..Which paraphrasteth in the margin..thus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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