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Meaning of paraphrast | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Someone who paraphrases.

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Equivalents

Français paraphraste

Examples

“The Chaldee Paraphraſt underſtood it more generally, and rendred it thus: The VVord of the Lord abhorred them, as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

paraphrenia paraphrenic paraphrenitis paraphyletism paraphyllium paraphyllum

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