prolepsis

prolepsis is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Abp. Bramhall.

[2] A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.

[3] An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.

[4] 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.

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