Periphrase

[periphrase]

To use circumlocution.

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The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.


n.
The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

v. t.
To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

v. i.
To use circumlocution.


Periphrase

Per"i*phrase , n. [L. periphrasis, Gr. , fr. to think about, to be expressed periphrastically; + to speak: cf. F. p'82riphrase. See Phrase.] (Rhet.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. "To describe by enigmatic periphrases." De Quincey.

Periphrase

Per"i*phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Periphrased ; p. pr. & vb. n. Periphrasing.] [Cf. F. p'82riphraser.] To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

Periphrase

Per"i*phrase, v. i. To use circumlocution.

The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

To use circumlocution.

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