Proleptic; Proleptical

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom." De Quincey.

2. Previous; antecedent. Glanvill.

3. Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.