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adjective

Proleptical, Proleptic adj.

Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom."

Previous; antecedent.

(Med.) Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

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Etymology of 'Proleptical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... empire) connected herself for ever with Christianity; viz. the recognition of pauperism as an element in the state entitled to the maternal guardianship of the state. In this new principle, introduced by Christianity, we behold a far-seeing or proleptic wisdom, making provision for evils before they had arisen; for it is certain that great expansions of pauperism did not exist in the ancient world. A pauper population is a disease peculiar to the modern or Christian world. Various causes ...

— Theological Essays and Other Papers v1 • Thomas de Quincey