NP St. Clair

[Doug Millison]

Otto:
>I definitely don't need this from a dishonest, lying person like you who is
>even unable to paraphrase a dictionary entry correctly. Or can you tell
>where on the dictionary.com-entry you find the word "hand-outs"?


I don't mean to pop your bubble, friend, but "hand-out" is a word that's
used -- in American English, at least -- to mean what is given by one
person to another in charity.



char·i·ty   Pronunciation Key  (chr-t)
n. pl. char·i·ties
1.	Provision of help or relief to the poor; almsgiving.
2.	Something given to help the needy; alms.
3.	An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.
4.	Benevolence or generosity toward others or toward humanity.
5.	Indulgence or forbearance in judging others. See Synonyms at mercy.
6.	often Charity Christianity. The theological virtue defined as love
directed first toward God but also toward oneself and one's neighbors as
objects of God's love.
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=charity


hand·out   Pronunciation Key  (hndout)
n.
1.	Food, clothing, or money given to the needy.
2.	A folder or leaflet circulated free of charge.
3.	A sheet or sheets of paper containing topical information,
distributed to people attending a speech, lecture, or meeting.
4.	A prepared news or publicity release.
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=hand-out


par·a·phrase   Pronunciation Key  (pr-frz)
n.
1.	A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words,
often to clarify meaning.
2.	The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching
device.

[French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein, to
paraphrase  : para-, alongside; see para-1 + phrazein, to show, explain;
see gwhren- in Indo-European Roots.]

paraphrase
\Par"a*phrase\, n. [L. paraphrasis, Gr. ?, from ? to say the same thing in
other words; ? beside + ? to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See Para-, and
Phrase.] A restatement 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 forththe signification of a text in other and
ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase.

In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so
strictly followed as his sense. --Dryden.
Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David. --I. Disraeli.
His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice. --Sowth.
The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases. --Shipley.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


paraphrase
n : rewording for the purpose of clarification [syn: paraphrasis] v :
express the same message in different words [syn: rephrase, reword]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=paraphrase



Charitably,
Doug


>a dishonest, lying person like you

Still flame-free, just trying to help....