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What is the adjective for proleptic?

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proleptic
  1. Of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
  2. Of an event, assigned a date that is too early.
  3. (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “As a proleptic visionary, he accurately foresaw the consequences of their actions long before anyone else did.”
      “Premediation, on the other hand, may be understood as proleptic, anticipatory mediation.”
      “This proleptic eschatology is expressed as the final prayer under the groom's canopy and at the wedding feast.”
proleptical
  1. Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
  2. Previous; antecedent.
  3. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
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