couple-clausen.
Coupling of clauses; a name given by Puttenham to the rhetorical figure Polysyndeton.
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couple-clause1589
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 146 Another maner of construction which they called [Polisindeton] we may call him the [couple clause] for that euery clause is knit and coupled together with a coniunctiue.
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