'Syllepsis' definitions:
Definition of 'syllepsis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
Definition of 'Syllepsis'
From: GCIDE
- Syllepsis \Syl*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking together, from ?. See syllable, n.]
- 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati. [1913 Webster] Sylleptic