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Prolepsis
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Pro-lep′sis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to take beforehand; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] to take.]
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