predicate

predicate
predicate [pred′i kāt΄; ] for n. [ & ] adj. [, pred′ikit]
vt.
predicated, predicating [L praedicatus, pp. of praedicare: see PREACH]
1. Obs. to proclaim; preach; declare; affirm
2.
a) to affirm as a quality, attribute, or property of a person or thing [to predicate the honesty of another's motives]
b) Logic to assert (something) about the subject of a proposition
3. to affirm or base (something) on or upon given facts, arguments, conditions, etc.
4. to imply or connote
vi.
to make an affirmation or statement
n.
[ML praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus: see PREDICATE the vt.]
1. Gram. the verb or verbal phrase, including any complements, objects, and modifiers, that is one of the two immediate constituents of a sentence and asserts something about the subject
2. Logic something that is affirmed or denied about the subject of a proposition (Ex.: green in “grass is green”)
adj.
Gram. of or having the nature of a predicate [a predicate adjective]
predication
n.
predicative
adj.
predicatively
adv.

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