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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.

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.

A figure in grammar by which a verb or adjective agreeing with one noun is made to refer also to another.

A figure in grammar in which two nouns are joined to a verb suitable to only one of them, but suggesting another verb suitable to the other noun; or in which an adjective is similarly used with two nouns.

n. [Greek] A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is referred also to another more remote.