-lepsy, -lepsia, -lepsis, -leptic

1. Bringing the future into the present not via technology but by way of language; such as, the anticipation and the answering of an objection or argument in advance of its being put forward by one's opponent. An example might be: "I know we will have to work harder with this project, but the benefits outweigh the sacrifices."
2. The presentation of a future potentiality as an accomplished fact.
3. A response to criticism before hearing it.
4. Placing a redundant descriptive phrase that refers to a term in the middle of the sentence, or at the beginning of the sentence.
5. Dealing with an event before it could have taken place; anticipatory.

An intense mental depression that has a sudden onset; sudden mood changes accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inertia; also known as psychic seizure.

A brief, sudden loss of consciousness symptomatic of petit mal epilepsy or a form of epilepsy with very brief, unannounced lapses in consciousness.

A petit mal seizure involves a brief loss of awareness, which can be accompanied by blinking or mouth twitching.

Seizure or possession by a deity, inspiration.