Pred"i*cate , a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.]
Predicated.
Pred"i*cate (?), n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of
praedicatus, p. p.
praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. 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.
2. (Gram.) The word or
words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration.
Pred"i*cate , v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.
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.
2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
&fist; 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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