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proleptical |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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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