metaphrase
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met·a·phrase
(mĕt'ə-frāz') 
n.
A word-for-word translation.
tr.v., -phrased, -phras·ing, -phras·es.
n.
A word-for-word translation.
tr.v., -phrased, -phras·ing, -phras·es.
- To translate, especially literally.
- To manipulate the wording of (a text), especially as a means of subtly altering the sense.
[New Latin metaphrasis, from Greek, translation, paraphrase, from metaphrazein, to translate : meta-, meta- + phrazein, to tell, show.]
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