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prolepsis

noun • IPA: /pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/ • 1) the assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it (rhetoric). 2) the anticipation of an objection to an argument (logic). 3) a construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond (grammar, rhetoric). 4) a so-called “preconception”, ie a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to try knowledge of the world (philosophy). 5) 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 (botany)

From Latin prolepsis, in turn from Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prolepsis, “preconception, anticipation”), from the verb προλαμβάνω (prolambano, “(I) take beforehand, anticipate”), itself from προ- (pro, “before”) and λαμβάνω (lambano, “(I) take”).

(Source: en.wiktionary.org)

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