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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

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

He proceeds:— "The circumstantial description of the framing of the Heaven out of the waters proves that the words 'Heaven and Earth,' in the first verse, must be taken proleptically."

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

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

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