Found 2 items, similar to prolepsis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prolepsis prolepsis n : anticipating and answering objections in advance [also: prolepses (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prolepsis Prolepsis \Pro*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to take beforehand; ? before + ? to take.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]