ZEUGMA
\zjˈuːɡmə], \zjˈuːɡmə], \z_j_ˈuː_ɡ_m_ə]\
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A figure in grammar by which a verb or adjective agreeing with one noun is made to refer also to another.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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