(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:07:17

Pol`y*syn"de*ton (?), n. [NL., from Gr. many + bound together, fr. to bind together; with + 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.

 

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