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Zeugma


1. (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, hic illius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.


This definition(s) of Zeugma is taken from Websters 1913 Dictionary.



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