Syllepsis

sil-lep′sis, n. substitution: a figure in rhetoric by which we take the sense of words rather by the intention of the author than by the strictne of grammar: the agreement of a verb or adjective, not with the word next it, but with some other word in the sentence.— adjs. Syllep′tic , -al .— adv. Syllep′tically . [Gr. syllēpsis — syn , together, lambanein , to take.]