1. Noun
A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
2. Noun
A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
3. Noun
An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.
4. Noun
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.
5. Noun
anticipating and answering objections in advance
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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