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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ellipsis \El*lip"sis\, n.; pl {Ellipses}. [L., fr Gr ? a
leaving defect, fr ? to leave in fall short; ? in + ? to
leave See {In}, and {Loan}, and cf {Ellipse}.]
1. (Gram.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more
words which are obviously understood, are omitted; as
the virtues I admire, for the virtues which I admire.
2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ellipsis
n : omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [syn:
{eclipsis}]
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