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Webster 1913 Edition

Ellipsis

El-lip′sis

(ĕl-lĭp′sĭs)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Ellipses
(ĕl-lĭp′sēz)
.
[L., fr. Gr.
ἔλλειψισ
a leaving, defect, fr.
ἐλλείπειν
to leave in, fall short;
ἐν
in +
λείπειν
to leave. See
In
, and
Loan
, and cf.
Ellipse
.]
1.
(Gram.)
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted;
as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues
which
I admire
.
2.
(Geom.)
An ellipse.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Ellipsis

ELLIP'SIS

,
Noun.
[Gr. an omission or defect, to leave or pass by.]
1.
In geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone, by a plane cutting both sides of it, but not parallel to the base.
2.
In grammar, defect; omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words are omitted, which the hearer or reader may supply; as, the heroic virtues I admire,for the heroic virtues which I admire.

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