Usually means: Interpreter of text into simplification.
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  1. paraphrast: Merriam-Webster
  2. paraphrast: Collins English Dictionary
  3. paraphrast: Wordnik
  4. paraphrast: Wiktionary
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  6. Paraphrast, paraphrast: Dictionary.com
  7. Paraphrast: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. paraphrast: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Paraphrast: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. paraphrast: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. paraphrast: FreeDictionary.org
  12. paraphrast: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. Paraphrast: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (rare) someone who paraphrases

Similar:
phraser, paraphrasis, paraphrenic, metaphrast, paraphrasing, paraphile, aphoriser, aphorizer, aphorist, paraphiliac, more...

Opposite:
quote, verbatim, exact, word-for-word, direct

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Similar:
phraser, paraphrasis, paraphrenic, metaphrast, paraphrasing, paraphile, aphoriser, aphorizer, aphorist, paraphiliac, more...

Opposite:
quote, verbatim, exact, word-for-word, direct



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