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prolepsis
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Prolepsis
(gcide) | Prolepsis \Pro*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to take
beforehand; ? before + ? to take.]
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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.
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2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event
being dated before the actual time.
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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.
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prolepsis
(wn) | prolepsis
n 1: anticipating and answering objections in advance |
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Prolepsis
(gcide) | 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.
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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] Proleptic |
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