Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-SYN'DE-TON
A-SYN'DE-TON, n. [Gr. α privative and συνδεω; to bind together.]
In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; as, veni, vidi, vici. It stands opposed to polysyndeton, which is a multiplication of connectives. – Campbell.
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