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Ellipsis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ellipsis : (noun)
1: omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [syn:
eclipsis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ellipsis : \El*lip"sis\, n.; pl. Ellipses. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
leaving, defect, fr. ? to leave in fall short; ? in _ ? 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.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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