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v. t. [ Pref. de- (intensive) + predicate. ] To proclaim; to celebrate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. prédicable, L. praedicabilis praiseworthy. See Predicate. ] Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prédicament, L. praedicamentum. See Predicate. ] 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. “O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) See Category. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Category; condition; state; plight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of praedicare. See Predicate. ] Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. “The Roman predicant orders.” N. Brit. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To found; to base. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedicatus, p. p. ] Predicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedicatio: cf. F. prédication. ] 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Preaching. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedicativus. ] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. L. praedicatorius praising. ] Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave. [ 1913 Webster ]

The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high. Landois & Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicting. ] [ L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach. ] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A prediction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be predicted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedictio: cf. F. prédiction. ] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The predictions of cold and long winters. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prophetic; prognostic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedictivus. ] Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- Pre*dict"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who predicts; a foreteller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Predictive. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]