proleptically
- a word derived from proleptic.
Example Sentences
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This whole-hog study, the first of two volumes, just came out, and I haven’t finished it, but given its subject matter and publisher, its inclusion here seems proleptically justified.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
They were all ready to exclaim again: but I went on, proleptically, as a rhetorician would say, before their voices would break out into words.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel
Its signification is too familiar to cause mistakes, and it can therefore be used proleptically, just as the name of the Philistines themselves is used proleptically in the twenty-first chapter of Genesis.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The adj. ‘proportioned’ is here used proleptically, denoting the result of the action indicated by the verb ‘square.’
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
Did you know that my eyes were sparkling yet proleptically with the thought of old Rhenish?
From The Wine-ghosts of Bremen by Hauff, Wilhelm
