Look up: Zeugma

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   Zeugma
   two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them.
   *Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory.
   *Longa tibi exsilia et vastum maris aequor arandum. Vergil, Aeneid
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
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   Zeugma
   Figure of speech in which a verb or adjective is applied to two nouns, but where one of the applications is inappropriate e.g. 'with weeping eyes and hearts'.
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   zeugma
   [n] - use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Zeugma
   Zeug'ma noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... 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 .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Z/3
   
   
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   zeugma
   noun 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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   Zeugma
   `Zeugma` is a figure of speech describing the joining of two or more parts of a sentence with a single common verb or noun. A zeugma employs both ellipsis, the omission of words which are easily understood, and parallelism, the balance of several words or phrases. The result is a series of similar phrases joined or yoked together by a common and implied noun or verb. In a modern sense, the zeugma has been classified as a synonym for syllepsis, a ...
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   Zeugma
   • (n.) 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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