Asyndeton

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asyndeton \A*syn"de*ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? unconnected;
     'a priv. + ? bound together, fr. ?; ? with + ? to bind.]
     (Rhet.)
     A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I
     conquered. It stands opposed to {polysyndeton}.
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