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Meaning of ASYNDETON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*syn"de*ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? unconnected;
'a priv. + ? bound together, fr. ?; ? with + ? to bind.]
(Rhet.)
A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I
conquered. It stands opposed to {polysyndeton}.
 
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