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Definition of Metaphrase
1. n. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.
Definition of Metaphrase
1. Noun. a literal, word-for-word translation. ¹
2. Noun. An answering phrase; repartee. ¹
3. Verb. to make such a literal translation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metaphrase
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphrase
Literary usage of Metaphrase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Scottish metrical psalms by John West Macmeeken (1872)
"Reasons against the reception of King James' metaphrase of the Psalms. ...
227, &c., Papers of Reasons against the reception of King James' metaphrase are ..."
2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick, Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies (1890)
"Of his well-accredited works we have the following : A Declaration of Faith,
being a creed on the doctrine of the Trinity ; a metaphrase of the Book of ..."
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