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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pleonasm

/plē'-ən-ăzˌ-əm/ · Ple·o·nasm · IPA /ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/
01 n. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
  1. 1.
    Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.(Rhet.)