Look up: Asyndeton

1. Asyndeton
   lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
   *We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. J. F. Kennedy, Inaugural
   *But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we canno...
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
2. Asyndeton
   Lists of words or phrases but without conjunctions. Compare with polysyndeton.
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3. Asyndeton
   A·syn'de·ton noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... unconnected; 'a priv. + ... bound together, from ...; ... with + ... to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered . It stands opposed to polysyndeton .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/138
   
   
4. asyndeton
   noun the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used
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5. Asyndeton
   • (n.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.
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6. asyndeton
   the omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses, as in the phrase `I came, I saw, I conquered` or in Matthew ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/117
   
   
7. asyndeton
   asyndeton Not + fastened together. A rhetorical figure that gains brevity and force through the omission of connective words. In Julius Caesar's statement Veni, vidi, vici ('I came, I saw, I conquered') the conjunction et (and) has been omitted before vici. Units of mottoes and proverbs li...
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8. asyndeton
   lists of words, phrases, or expressions without conjunctions such as `and' and `or' to link them. George Herbert uses this figure of speech in 'Prayer (1).'
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9. Asyndeton
   An asyndeton is a figure of speech by which connecting words are omitted; as 'I came, saw, conquered.'
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10. Asyndeton
    `Asyndeton` (from the , "unconnected", sometimes called `asyndetism`) is a stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. Examples are veni, vidi, vici and its English translation "I came, I saw, I conquered." Its use can ...
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