PROLEPSES

PROLEPSIS

prolepsis

(noun) anticipating and answering objections in advance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

prolepses

plural of prolepsis

Source: Wiktionary

PROLEPSIS

Pro*lep"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

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.)

Definition: An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.

3. (Gram.)

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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