1. The use of a descriptive word in anticipation of the result. 2. The anticipation and answering of an objection or argument before it's raised. 3. The representation of an event before it actually happened. 4. The anachronistic representation of an event before its actual time. 5. A literary technique in which the author drops hints of things to come. 6. The return of a paroxysm of a periodic disease before its usual time or at progressively shorter intervals. More...