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Prolepsis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Prolepsis : (noun)
1: anticipating and answering objections in advance
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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