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adj
Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
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adj
Previous; antecedent.
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adj
Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
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History
From Ancient Greek; compare French proleptique.
