Prolepsis

Definition:

• (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
• (n.) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
• (n.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.
• (n.) 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.

Compare prolepsis with other words:

ampliatio vs. prolepsis

euphemism vs. prolepsis

prolepsis vs. proleptical

prolepsis vs. proleptic

procatalepsis vs. prolepsis

foreshadowing vs. prolepsis

flashforward vs. prolepsis

anachronism vs. prolepsis

prolepsis vs. terminal

dormancy vs. prolepsis

bud vs. prolepsis

meristem vs. prolepsis

branch vs. prolepsis

lateral vs. prolepsis

prolepsis vs. syllepsis