Thesaurus: prolepsis

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1. n. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
2. n. A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
3. n. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.
4. n. The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb.
5. n. anticipating and answering objections in advance
6. 1. (Rhet.) (a) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Abp. Bramhall. (b) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle. 2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. 3. (Gram.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb.
7. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being datedbefore the actual time.
8. n. anticipating and answering objections in advance