Paraphrasal

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The act or product of paraphrasing.
"Condensation and paraphrasal of a report made to Governor Averell Harriman by Judge J. Irwin Shapiro, Commissioner of Investigation of the State of New York, on his investigation into the affairs of the State Liquor Authority."

Adjective

1
Of or relating to paraphrase.
"The quotation which follows is a paraphrasal condensation of the reading in the Jones text (Jones, op. cit. 1: pp. 298–299)."

Example

"The quotation which follows is a paraphrasal condensation of the reading in the Jones text (Jones, op. cit. 1: pp. 298–299)."

Etymology

From paraphrase + -al.

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