What is to express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. "These suns -- for so they phrase 'em." Shak called?
phrase — To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. "These suns -- for so they phrase 'em." Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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