prolepsis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun anticipating and answering objections in advance

WordNet

Pro*lep"sis noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , from to take beforehand; before + to take.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913