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What is a prolepsis?

What is a prolepsis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
  2. (logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
  3. (grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
  4. (philosophy) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
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The thought threw me into a vernal prolepsis, a mental flash-forward to spring, for which there must be a German word or a Chinese poem.
The fallacies and figures sections include basic examples of each including antithesis, anaphora, praeteritio, and prolepsis to name a few.
Prolepsis occupies much of this chapter, with Erne anticipating various objections to his claims.
It is to Amy that this novel is addressed in poignant second-person asides, the use of prolepsis thickening as the story progresses.
Thus Enrico Dalgarno took on the mission of writing his life, from innocence to prolepsis, as many times as necessary.
It was a prolepsis of the soul, reaching upward towards its source and goal.

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