Paraphrase

n. [Gr. παράφρασις, from παραφράζειν, to speak at the same time with another, to add to another's words, from παρά, beside, and φράζειν, to speak; φράσις, a speaking, phrase; Lat. paraphrasis, Sp. parafrasis, It. parafrasi, Fr. paraphrase.] A re-statement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth in other and more ample terms of the signification of a text; a free translation into the same or another language.

In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense. Dryden.

To interpret or explain amply; to make a paraphrase.