Word
Prolepsis
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
pro-lep-sis
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.
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