Pro*lep"tic (?), 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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