metaphrast
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met·a·phrast
(mĕt'ə-frăst') 
n.
One who renders a text into a different form, as by recasting prose in verse.
n.
One who renders a text into a different form, as by recasting prose in verse.
[Medieval Greek metaphrastēs, from Greek metaphrazein, to translate. See metaphrase.]
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- Literary Characters and Practitioners - metaphrast: person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse
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