metaphrase
noun 2verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A literal, word-for-word translation.
2
An answering phrase; repartee.
I'm somewhat dull still in the manly art Of phrase and metaphrase. Why, any man Can carve a score of white Loves out of snow, As Buonarroti down in Florence there, And set them on the wall in some safe shade […]
verb
1
To make such a literal translation.
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