3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical
disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
Pro*lep"tic*al*ly, adv. In a proleptical manner.
Pro*lep"tics (?), n. (Med.) The art and science of predicting in
medicine. Laycock.
||Pro`lÈ`taire" (?), n. [F. See Proletary.] One of the common people; a
||low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a
||country.
Prol`e*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. proletaneus.] Having a numerous offspring.
[R.]
Prol`e*ta"ri*an (?), a. [L. proletarius. See Proletary.] Of or
pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence,
mean; vile; vulgar. "Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal
kept at the public cost." De Quincey. -- n. A proletary.
Prol`e*ta"ri*at (?), n. [F.] The indigent class in the State; the body
of proletarians.
Prol`e*ta"ri*ate (?), n. The lower classes; beggars. "The Italian
proletariate." J. A. Symonds.
Prol"e*ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Proletaries (#). [ L. proletarius, fr. proles
offspring. Cf. ProlÈtaire.] (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen of the lowest
class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having
children; hence, a common person.
Prol"i*cide (?), n. [L. proles offspring + caedere to kill.] The crime
of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
Bouvier.