Sekirov Dictionary

proleptic

/pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/

noun5

  1. An instance of prolepsis;
  2. The placement of an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
  3. Information about the outcome of a story placed near the beginning.
  4. Something that predicts or implies the future or outcome.
  5. A lateral branch that develops from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

adjective3

  1. Anticipatory; prescient or forward-looking.
  2. Exhibiting or pertaining to prolepsis (any sense)
  3. Extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
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