prolepsis

1. n. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Source: opted

2. n. A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle. Source: opted

3. n. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. n. anticipating and answering objections in advance Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

7. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being datedbefore the actual time. Source: adambom

8. n. anticipating and answering objections in advance Source: ecdict

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