Syl-lēp'sis, n.

n. [Lat., Gr. σύλληψις, a taking together, from συλλαμβάνειν. See SYLLABLE.]

1. (Rhet.) A figure by which the sense of words is construed otherwise than the words import, they being still construed according to the intention of the author; the use of words in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
2. (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, &c.; as, rex et regina beati.