Pro-lēp'sis, n.

noun

n. [Lat., Gr. πρόληψις, from προλαμβάνειν, to take beforehand, from πρό, before, and λαμβάνειν, to take; Fr. prolepse.]

(Rhet.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Bp. Burnall.
An error in chronology, when an event is dated before the actual time; a species of anachronism. Theobald.
A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.