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Zeugma

noun
1.
Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one.





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... and of Athens. Sagittarius appeared on those of the Persians. In India the twelve signs appeared upon the ancient coins. The Scorpion was engraved on the medals of the Kings of Comagena, and Capricorn on those of Zeugma, Anazorba, and other cities. On the medals of Antoninus are found nearly all the signs of ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike


Words linked to "Zeugma" :   syllepsis, figure, figure of speech, trope, image


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