'Proleptic' definitions:
Definition of 'Proleptic'
From: GCIDE
- Proleptic \Pro*lep"tic\, Proleptical \Pro*lep"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. proleptique.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Previous; antecedent. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition. [1913 Webster]