Look up: prolepsis

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   Prolepsis
   A hyperplastic symptom of disease in which organs appear before the natural time (e.g. the sprouting of shoots from adventitious buds after disease has impaired the metabolism of the organ in question).
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   Prolepsis
   the anticipation, in adjectives or nouns, of the result of the action of a verb; also, the positioning of a relative clause before its antecedent.
   *Vixi et quem dederat cursum fortuna peregi, Vergil, Aeneid 4.653
   *Consider the lilies of the field how they grow.
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   prolepsis
   [n] - anticipating and answering objections in advance
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   Prolepsis
   Pro·lep'sis noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to take beforehand; ... before + ... to take.] 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. 2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actua ...
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   prolepsis
   1. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle. ... 2. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. ... 3. 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 d ...
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   prolepsis
   noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
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   Prolepsis
   `Prolepsis` (from the Greek `prolambanein`, to anticipate) can be: #A figure of speech in which a future event is referred to in anticipation. For example, a character who is about to die might be described as `the dead man` before he is actually dead. The same device can be used in non-verbal media such as film, where it is also called `flashforward`. [Source: Britannica] #The anticipation of an objection. For example, a speaker might say `'Ah'...
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   prolepsis
   (pro-lep´sis) recurrence of a paroxysm before the expected time. adj., prolep´tic., adj.
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   Prolepsis
   • (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. • (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. • (n.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. • (n.) A necessary truth or assu...
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    prolepsis
    (from the article `Epicureanism`) ...and serve as criteria. The same holds for pleasure and pain, the basic feelings to which all others can be traced. Also true, and included among ...
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    prolepsis
    a figure of speech in which a future act or development is represented as if already accomplished or existing. The following lines from John Keats`s ...
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    prolepsis
    prolepsis Notion, preconception. Assuming a future act as already bearing consequences; any notion that arises spontaneously in the mind, as distinguished from concepts resulting from conscious reflections.
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    prolepsis
    prolepsis, proleptic, proleptical 1. Bringing the future into the present not via technology but by way of language; such as, the anticipation and the answering of an objection or argument in advance of its being put forward by one's opponent. An example might be: 'I know we will have to work harder with this project, but the benefits outweigh the sacrifices.' 2. The presentation...
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    prolepsis
    Recurrence of the paroxysm of a periodical disease at regularly shortening intervals. [G. prolpsis, anticipation]
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    prolepsis
    anticipation.
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    Prolepsis
    (Gr. prolepsis) Notion, preconception. The term is used by the Stoics and Epicureans to denote any primary general notion that arises spontaneously and unconsciously in the mind is distinguished from concepts that result from conscious reflection. These prolepses are regarded by the Stoics as common to all men as rational beings, and are sometimes...
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