01 n. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
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A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.(Rhet.)
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An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.(Chron.)
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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.(Gram.)