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proleptical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊˈlɛptɪkəl/
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek; compare French proleptique.

Meanings

1. Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
2. Previous; antecedent.
   • Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
3. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
   • It must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views. 1877, W. B. Pope., A Compendium of Christian Theology, Volume 2, Wesleyan Conference Office, 2 Castle Street, Coty Road; Sold at 66, Paternoster Row, p. 348

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Deriveds

proleptically