Thesaurus: proleptical

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1. a. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
2. a. Previous; antecedent.
3. a. Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
4. 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.
5. a. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. a. Previous; antecedent. a. Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.