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"Section M, N, and O"

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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.



Met"a*phrased (m&ebreve;t"&adot;*frāzd),
a. Translated literally.


Me*taph"ra*sis (m&esl;*tăf"r&adot;*s&ibreve;s),
n. [NL. See Metaphrase.]
Metaphrase.


Met"a*phrast (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F.
métaphraste.] A literal translator.


{ Met`a*phras"tic (?), Met`a*phras"tic*al (?), }
a. [Gr. &?;.] Close, or literal.


Met`a*phys"ic (?), n. [Cf. F.
métaphysique.] See Metaphysics.


Met`a*phys"ic, a.
Metaphysical.


Met`a*phys"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
métaphysique. See Metaphysics.]
1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.


2.


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