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predicable


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Predicable  \Pred"i*ca*ble\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  pr['e]dicable,  L. 
  praedicabilis  praiseworthy.  See  {Predicate}.] 
  Capable  of  being  predicated  or  affirmed  of  something 
  affirmable;  attributable. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Predicable  \Pred"i*ca*ble\,  n. 
  1.  Anything  affirmable  of  another;  especially,  a  general 
  attribute  or  notion  as  affirmable  of  or  applicable  to 
  many  individuals. 
 
  2.  (Logic)  One  of  the  five  most  general  relations  of 
  attributes  involved  in  logical  arrangements,  namely, 
  genus,  species,  difference,  property,  and  accident.