1. To make a paraphrase.

2. To state in clearer and fuller terms, or translate freely.

3. An explanation of a text or passage in fuller and clearer terms; a free translation; a hymn founded on a passage of scripture.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• paraphraph,
• parphrase,
• parapharse,
• paraphres,
• pharaphrase,
• praphrase,
• paraphase,
• paraphrazed,
• paraphraised,
• parapharase,
• paraphraze,
• parraphrase,
• parephrase,
• paraphrese,
• paraphrasiz,
• paraphrasise,
• paraphrais,
• paraphrasin,
• paraphrasy,
• paraphrasti

• paraphernalia,
• paraphrasis,
• Paraphrastic,
• parophrys,
• paraphrenia,
• parapraxis,
• paraparesis.

The adverb form of the word "paraphrase" is "paraphrastically".

The adjective form of the word "paraphrase" is "paraphrased".

The plural of the "paraphrase" can be the "paraphrases".

The singular of the "paraphrase" can be the "paraphrase".