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zeugma


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zeugma  \Zeug"ma\,  n.  [L.,  from  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  yoke,  join  See 
  {Yoke}.]  (Gram.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  zeugma 
  n  :  use  of  a  word  to  govern  two  or  more  words  though  appropriate 
  to  only  one  "`Mr.  Pickwick  took  his  hat  and  his  leave' 
  is  an  example  of  zeugma" 




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