PROLEPTIC

{ Pro‐lep″tic (?), Pro‐lep″tic‐al (?), } a. [[Gr. �: cf. F. proleptique.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. “A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom.” De Quincey.
2. 2. Previous; antecedent. Glanvill.
3. 3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; — applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.