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predicate

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  found  to  base.  [U.S.] 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Predicate  \Pred"i*cate\,  v.  i. 
  To  affirm  something  of  another  thing  to  make  an  affirmation. 
  --Sir  M.  Hale. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (Gram.)  The  word  or  words  in  a  proposition  which  express 
  what  is  affirmed  of  the  subject. 
 
  Syn:  Affirmation;  declaration. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Predicate  \Pred"i*cate\,  a.  [L.  praedicatus  p.  p.] 
  Predicated. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  predicate 
  adj  :  (grammar)  of  adjectives;  relating  to  or  occurring  within  the 
  predicate  of  a  sentence;  "`red'  is  a  predicative 
  adjective  in  `the  apple  is  red'"  [syn:  {predicative}] 
  [ant:  {attributive}] 
  n  :  a  phrase  that  functions  as  a  verb  [syn:  {verb  phrase}] 
  v  1:  affirm  or  declare  [syn:  {proclaim}] 
  2:  involve  as  a  necessary  condition  of  consequence;  in  logic 
  [syn:  {connote}]




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