English dictionary
zeugma
/'z/u/gm/@/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one
Examples`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>arma</i>, hic <i>currus fuit</i>;" where <i>fuit</i>, which agrees directly with <i>currus</i>, is referred also to <i>arma</i>.
Source: webster1913