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PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)  , a rendering into other words of a passage in
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prose or
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verse, giving the sense in a
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fuller, simpler or clearer
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fashion, also a
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free
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translation or
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adaptation of a passage in a
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foreign
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language . The
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term is specifically used in the Scottish and other Presbyterian churches of metrical versions for singing of certain passages of the
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Bible .

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