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zeugma

Definitions of zeugma
  1. noun
    use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one
    synonyms: ceugma
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    types:
    silepsis
    use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
    type of:
    tropo
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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