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    paraphrase
    /ˈparəfreɪz/

    verb

    • 1. express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity: "you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts"

    noun

    • 1. a rewording of something written or spoken: "scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from Virgil, Cicero, and Quintilian"

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