proleptical
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek; compare French proleptique.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈlɛptɪkəl/
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Adjective
[edit]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.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
- Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar
- 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.
- 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:
Translations
[edit]proleptic — see proleptic