Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Metaphrase \Met"a*phrase\, n. [Gr. meta`frasis, from metafrazein
   to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf. F.
   m['e]taphrase.]
   1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one
      language into another, word for word; -- opposed to
      {paraphrase}. --Dryden.

   2. An answering phrase; repartee. --Mrs. Browning.