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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prolepsis has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
prolepsis, n. [L., fr. Gr. , from to take beforehand; before + to take.].
- A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. [1913 Webster]
- An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prolepsis, n. (pl. prolepses)
1 the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
2 anticipation.
3 the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
4 Gram. the anticipatory use of adjectives, as in paint the town red.
1 the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
2 anticipation.
3 the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
4 Gram. the anticipatory use of adjectives, as in paint the town red.
Derivative
proleptic adj.
Etymology
LL f. Gk prolepsis f. prolambano anticipate (as PRO-(2), lambano take)