What is 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 called?
prolepsis — (Gram.) 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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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