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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pro·lep·sis /proˈlɛpsəs/
 預期,預料,預辯法

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pro·lep·sis n.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 prolepsis
      n : anticipating and answering objections in advance
      [also: prolepses (pl)]