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proˈleptically, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a proleptic manner; by prolepsis. †a. See prolepsis 2 a. Obs.
1611W. Sclater Key (1629) 88 They knew it, verse 19. which is proued proleptically, verse 20. by the particulars of this knowledge. b. By way of anticipation; antecedently.
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 292 Displaying their interrogatory part..proleptically, with the refutative schemes of anticipation and subjection. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 733 Knowledge and Understanding, apprehend things Proleptically to their Existence. 1741Warburton Div. Legat. II. 495 [Job] speaking proleptically, as knowing what God in a future age would do. 1867Furnivall & Hales in Percy Folio I. 205 Sir Edward Stanley (proleptically styled Lord Mounteagle in the ballad). |