Usually means: Anticipating objection, addressing it beforehand.
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  1. procatalepsis: Merriam-Webster
  2. procatalepsis: Wiktionary
  3. Procatalepsis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. procatalepsis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (procatalepsis)

noun:  (rhetoric) A rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments.
noun:  (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
noun:  (grammar) Left dislocation.

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