(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
(3):
(n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
(4):
(n.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.