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A rhetorical figure by which an opponent's objections are anticipated and answered.
Late 16th century. From post-classical Latin procatalepsis rhetorical figure by which an opponent's objections are anticipated and answered from ancient Greek προκατάληψις, lit. ‘seizing in advance’ from προ- + κατάληψις seizing, after προκαταλαμβάνειν to seize beforehand, to anticipate.