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— English words —

• prolepsis n. (Rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
• prolepsis n. (Logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
• prolepsis n. (Grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that…
• prolepsis n. (Philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead…
• prolepsis n. (Botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a…
• prolepsis n. (Authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

— English word, defined in French —

• prolepsis n. Prolepse.

— In Dutch —

• prolepsis n. (Taalkunde) vooropstelling is een stijlfiguur waarbij het…

58 English words from 6 English definitions

about after anticipation argument assignment Authorship before beginning Botany branches called can consists consists␣of construction develop device element ending epistemology formation from Grammar Growth information lateral lateral␣meristem lead literary literary␣device Logic meristem near notion objection of␣a of␣an period period␣of␣time Philosophy placing practice pre precedes preconception pre-theoretical rhetoric so-called something something␣to story syntactic that the theoretical time unit which

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

een het

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Prolepse stijlfiguur Taalkunde waarbij

30 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eps Eps EPs EPS lep LEP leps LEPs ole OLE olé -ole 'Ole pro Pro PRO pro- Pro. -pro- prole psi PSI psis PSIS role rôle sis SIs SIS -sis

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

elo Elo isp Isp ISP lor Lor orp pel sis SIs SIS -sis SPE

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Persepolis populisers proslepsis scopperils slopperies

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Piersols propless slippers sloppier speirops spoilers

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

prolepses

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

proslepsis

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