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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., from Gr.

πολύσ

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

(Rhet.)

A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, “We have ships and men and money and stores.” Opposed to

asyndeton

Noun.

[Gr. many and connecting.] A figure of rhetoric by which the copulative is often repeated; as, 'we have ships and men and money and stores.'