par·a·phras·tic (p r  -frs t k) or par·a·phras·ti·cal (-t-kl)adj. Of, relating to, or having the nature of paraphrase. [Medieval Latin paraphrasticus, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase; see paraphrase.] par a·phrasti·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. | paraphrastic - altered by paraphrasing altered - changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens |
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