run-on
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1run–on

adjective \ˈrən-ˈn, -ˈän\

Definition of RUN-ON

: continuing without rhetorical pause from one line of verse into another

First Known Use of RUN-ON

1877

2run–on

noun \-ˌn, -ˌän\

Definition of RUN-ON

1
: something (as a dictionary entry) that is run on

First Known Use of RUN-ON

circa 1909

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