‖ procatalepsis Rhet.
(prəʊkætəˈlɛpsɪs)
[med.L., a. Gr. προκατάληψις anticipation, n. of action f. προκαταλαµβάνειν to take up beforehand, anticipate.]
A rhetorical figure by which an opponent's objections are anticipated and answered.
| 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 96 Procatalepsis or Præoccupatio, when wee doe anticipate vnto our selues that we know will be obiected, as thus, what doe you obiect vnto me the times passed, those seasons and ours are vtterly vnlike? 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 239 margin, Procatalepsis, or the presumptuous, otherwise the figure of Presupposall. |