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Definition of Zeuma

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.

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one or in different ways
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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