Category:Zeugma

Zeug"ma, n. Etym: [l., from gr. Yoke.] (gram.)

Defn: 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.