run-on

run-on

(rŭn′ŏn′, -ôn′)

n.

1. Printing Matter that is appended or added without a formal break.

2. A derived term, often formed by the addition of an affix, that is included undefined at the end of a dictionary entry.

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run′-on′ adj.

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run′-on`

adj.

1. of or designating something that is added or run on.

2. (of a line of verse) having a thought that carries over to the next line, esp. without a syntactical break.

n.

3. run-on matter.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

run-on - (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines end-stopped - (verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line

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