Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Metaphrase

Metaphrase (met"ȧ*frāz) , noun

[Greek meta`frasis, from metafra`zein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: compare French métaphrase.]

1.
A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; a literal translation; -- opposed to paraphrase. — Dryden
2.
An answering phrase; repartee. — Mrs. Browning