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A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.

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  1. n. A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
  2. A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
  3. A figure of speech by which the present tense is used insteadof the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, orin the prediction of future, events.
  4. parusia (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.