ZEUGMA, noun [Gr., to join. See Yoke.] A figure in grammar by which an adjective or verb which agrees with a nearer word, is by way of supplement, referred to another more remote. Thus in Virgil, Hicillius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.