proleptical

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek; compare French proleptique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈlɛptɪkəl/ === Adjective === proleptical (comparative more proleptical, superlative most proleptical) Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition. Previous; antecedent. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. 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: 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====