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Proleptical

Proleptic \Pro*lep"tic\, Proleptical \Pro*lep"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. proleptique.]

  1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. ``A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom.''
    --De Quincey.

  2. Previous; antecedent.
    --Glanvill.

  3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

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proleptical

a. 1 Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition. 2 Previous; antecedent. 3 Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.