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noun
A type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Proto-Indo-European *yewg-der. Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμι (zeúgnūmi) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma) Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma)lbor. English epizeugma Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).
