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paraphrasis

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun paraphrasis has 1 sense
  1. paraphrase, paraphrasis - rewording for the purpose of clarification
    --1 is a kind of rewording, recasting, rephrasing
    --1 has particulars: translation

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Paraphrasis

Definition:

Paraphrasis, noun: the act of restating or expressing a text or passage in different words, often for the purpose of clarity or simplification.

Examples:

1. The student provided a paraphrasis of the difficult poem to ensure everyone in the class understood its meaning.

2. The author's paraphrasis of the ancient manuscript helped make the complex concepts more accessible to a wider audience.

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