From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prolepsis \Pro*lep"sis\, noun [L., fr. Gr. ?, 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 actual time.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: anticipating and answering objections in advance [also: {prolepses} (pl)]
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