资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Periphrase \Per"i*phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Periphrased}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Periphrasing}.] [Cf. F. p['e]riphraser.]
   To express by periphrase or circumlocution.