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zeugma

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Zeugma \Zeug"ma\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, join. See
   {Yoke}.] (Gram.)
   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.

Source : WordNet®

zeugma
     n : use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate
         to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave'
         is an example of zeugma"
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