Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Syllepsis

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Syllepsis


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(1):

(n.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

(2):

(n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.