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Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. i.
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
--Sir M. Hale.
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Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of
praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr['e]dicat. See
{Predicate}, v. t.]
1. (Logic) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject.
In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not
white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and
denied of ink.
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2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express
what is affirmed of the subject.
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Syn: Affirmation; declaration.
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Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.]
Predicated.
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Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
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2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
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Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for
found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain
principles; to predicate a statement on information
received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only
in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of
another. "Similitude is not predicated of essences or
substances, but of figures and qualities only."
--Cudworth.
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