prolegsis Definition

prolepsis
noun prolegsis

1. A debating device that involves the speaker putting forward arguments or objections before they are raised by someone else in order to detract from their possible effects.
2. A rhetorical term for treating an event of the future as though it has already happened.

Derivative: proleptic
adj

Etymology: 16c: Latin, from Greek, from prolambanein to anticipate.