Definition of paraphrase

• n. - A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase.
• v. t. - To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
• v. i. - To make a paraphrase.