Usually means: Translation or paraphrase, often interpretative.
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  1. metaphrastic: Merriam-Webster
  2. metaphrastic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metaphrastic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. metaphrastic: Wordnik
  5. metaphrastic: Wiktionary
  6. Metaphrastic, metaphrastic: Dictionary.com
  7. Metaphrastic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Metaphrastic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. metaphrastic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. metaphrastic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Metaphrastic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase; literal in translation

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metapoetical, metaph., tralatitious, metaphoric, metaphonical, metapoetic, metaphonic, metaphasic, metagraphic, metonymical, more...

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