'Prolepsis' definitions:

Definition of 'prolepsis'

noun

Anticipating and answering objections in advance

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
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