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prolepsis

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prolepsis  \Pro*lep"sis\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?,  from  ?  to  take 
  beforehand;  ?  before  +  ?  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prolepsis 
  n  :  anticipating  and  answering  objections  in  advance




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