(n.) 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.

adornment alliteration allusion anacoluthon anadiplosis analogy anaphora anastrophe antiphrasis antithesis antonomasia apophasis aporia aposiopesis apostrophe beauties catachresis chiasmus circumlocution climax colors colors of rhetoric conversion ecphonesis elegant variation embellishment embroidery emphasis exclamation figure fine writing floridity floridness flourish floweriness flowers of speech frill gemination hypallage hyperbaton hyperbole inversion irony litotes lushness luxuriance malapropism meiosis metaphor metonymy onomatopoeia ornament ornamentation oxymoron paregmenon parenthesis periphrasis personification pleonasm preterition prolepsis purple patches regression repetition sarcasm simile similitude spoonerism syllepsis symploce synecdoche zeugma