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Definitions of proleptic:
  • adjective:   Of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
  • adjective:   Of an event, assigned a date that is too early.
  • adjective:   (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic.

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