Thesaurus: proleptic
Alt. of Proleptical
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Definitions
- a. Alt. of Proleptical
- 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.
- a. Alt. of Proleptical