1. (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
2. (n.) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
3. (n.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.
4. (n.) 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.
Thesaurus Entries
antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecism
