A translation of words for the purpose of making them clearer.
Paraphrase means to reword something to clarify it.
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Para in Latin means "beside of"
Phrase in Latin means "to speak"
Para phrase = beside of speak
An example:
Ben Franklin said: "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
I will paraphrase that and say: "Go to bed early, it’s good for you."
Paraphrase
n. (par´a-fraz), n. to say the same thing in other words;
A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; — opposed to "metaphrase".
In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author’s words are not so strictly followed as his sense.
v. t. To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
"We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words." ~ Stillingfleet
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