Pŏl'y-sýn'de-tŏn, n.

n. [Gr. πολυσύνδετον, from πολυσύνδετος, joined in various ways or firmly, from πολύς, many, and σύνδετος, bound together, fr. συνδεῖν, to bind together, from σύν, with, together, and δεῖν, to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the copulative is often repeated, as in the sentence, “We have ships, and men, and money, and stores.”