Zeugma

There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with syllepsis

Zeugma (from the Greek word for "yoke") is a figure of speech, in which a verb or other part of speech governs two or more words or phrases, though it is normally appropriate to only one.

Example: "She raised the blinds and my spirits"

In syllepsis, a word modifies others in appropriate, though often incongruous ways.

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