ZEUGMA

zeugma. Zeugma, n. a figure in grammar, ellipsis, defect

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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.