| Figure Name | proslepsis |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("proslepsis; or, assumption") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | assumption, assumptio, circumductio |
| Etymology | pros'-leeps'-is "a taking" or "assuming besides" form pros "to toward" or "beside" and leepsis "a taking" from lambano "to take" |
| Type | None |
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| Definition |
1. Addition (full) of what is professed to be ignored... This name is given to the preceding figure of Paraleipsis, when it is expanded beyond its proper limits; and the speaker or writer, after having professed to omit it, proceeds actually to add and describe the particulars (Bullinger, 493) |
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| Kind Of | Addition |
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| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |