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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] unconnected;

ἀ

priv. + [GREEK] bound together, fr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] with + [GREEK] to bind.]

(Rhet.)

A figure which omits the connective;

as,

I came, I saw, I conquered

. It stands opposed to

polysyndeton

Noun.

[Gr. priv. and to bind together.]

In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; as, veni, vidi, vici. It stands opposed to polysymdeton, which is a multiplication of connectives.