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Definition of periphrasing:
(n) :
(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
(v) :
(transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
(v) :
(intransitive) To use circumlocution.
Definition of periphrasing:
(n) :
(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
(v) :
(transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
(v) :
(intransitive) To use circumlocution.
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