Ellipsis

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An Ellipse.

II. Ellipsis ·noun 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.

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ellipsis
ellipsis (en-l-), is, f., = ἔλλειψις, in rhet. lang., an ellipsis (pure Lat. detractio), Quint. ...

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