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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MET'APHRASE, n. [Gr. over, according to or with, and phrase.]
A verbal translation; a version or translation or one language into another, word for word.

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1609 a literal translation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. literal translation. --v.tr. put into other words. Derivatives: metaphrastic adj. Etymology: mod.L metaphrasis f. Gk metaphrasis f. metaphrazo translate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Metaphrase Met"a*phrase, n. [Gr. meta`frasis, from metafrazein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. m['e]taphrase.] 1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase. --Dryden. 2. An answering phrase; repartee. --Mrs. Browning.