prolepsis

n. 预期, 预辩(法)
【医】 提早发作

形容词:proleptic 名词复数:prolepses 

pro.lep.sis

n.（名词）
【复数】 pro.lep.ses[-sôz]
The anachronistic representation of something as existing before its proper or historical time, as inthe precolonial United States.
预期的叙述：对某事的年代错误的描述，如存在于其适当的或历史的时间之前，如在殖民前的美国 中


The assignment of something, such as an event or a name, to a time that precedes it, as inIf you tell the cops, you`re a dead man.
预期：把未发生的事，比如事件或称呼，当作已发生来描绘，比如在如果你通知警察，你就变成了一个死人 中
The use of a descriptive word in anticipation of the act or circumstances that would make it applicable, asdry in They drained the lake dry.
预词法：描述性的词的使用，可预期使之适合于描述的行为或情形，比如dry（干） 在 They drained the lake dry 中
The anticipation and answering of an objection or argument before one`s opponent has put it forward.
预辩法：预料和应答对方可能提出的反对或辩论

来源：
Late Latin prolôpsis
后期拉丁语 prolôpsis
from Greek prolôpsis
源自 希腊语 prolôpsis
from prolambanein [to anticipate]
源自 prolambanein [期待]
pro- [before] * see pro- 2
pro- [在…之前] *参见 pro-2
lambanein lôp- [to take]
lambanein lôp- [拿起]

【引伸】
prolep.tic