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Meaning of proleptical | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/pɹəʊˈlɛptɪkəl/

Definitions

  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.

Examples

“Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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