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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Zeugma'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​z/zeugma.html. 1828.
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