Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paraphrase \Par"a*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphrased}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Paraphrasing}.]
   To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give
   the meaning of a passage in other language.

         We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words.
                                                  --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.