Ellipsis

(el-lip's is.) [ Same der iv.] (Gram.) A syntactical figure by which a deficiency of one or more words is left to be supplied by the reader; thus, " the woman I loved," for " the woman whom I loved." E. is much used in epigrams and proverbs on account of its concisene . (Rhet.) A figure of speech, by which the orator, through his vehemence or emotion, omits to speak of things, which, in a more self-po e ed mood, he ought to have alluded to. - (Print.) A term denoting ac la of symbols intended to mark omi ions or deficiencies in the text of a composition: such marks are [....], [ -] ], [***]. [s. 326]