Category:Proleptic

Pro*lep"tic, pro*lep"tic*al, a. Etym: [gr. proleptique.]

1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "a far-seeing or Proleptic wisdom." De quincey.

2. Previous; antecedent. Glanvill.

3. (med.)

Defn: anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease Whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.