paraphrase

A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.

Near-synonym: paraphrasis

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One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.

To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.

She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.