Category: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.)

Defn: an error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated Before the actual time.

3. (gram.)

Defn: 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.