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Webster 1913 Edition

Zeugma

Zeug′ma

,
Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to yoke, join. See
Yoke
.]
(Gram.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Zeugma

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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