Prolepsis /(?)/

Pro·lep·sis

Prolepsis

n.
  1. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. (Rhet.)
  2. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. (Chron.)
  3. 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.)