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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Proleptic

· Pro·lep·tic · IPA /pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
  2. 2.
    Previous; antecedent.
  3. 3.
    Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.(Med.)