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Paraphrastic

Alt. of Paraphrastical

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Similar meaning 2

Altered 84% connected

of Alter

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Altered 84% connected

of Alter

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Paraphrase 74% connected

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 e…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Paraphrase 74% connected

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 e…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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