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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·i·phras·tic Per·i·phras·tic·al a.  Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.
 Periphrastic conjugation Gram., a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.