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pred·i·cate
[v. pred-i-keyt; adj., n. pred-i-kit] verb, pred·i·cat·ed, pred·i·cat·ing, adjective, noun verb (used with object)
1.
to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
2.
Logic.
a.
to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition.
b.
to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.
3.
to connote; imply: His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
4.
to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usually followed by on): He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.
verb (used without object)
5.
to make an affirmation or assertion.
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8.
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
9.
Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.
Origin:
1400–50; (noun) late Middle English (< Middle French predicat) < Medieval Latin praedicātum, noun use of neuter of Latin praedicātus, past participle of praedicāre to declare publicly, assert, equivalent to prae- pre- + dicā(re) to show, indicate, make known + -tus past participle suffix; (v. and adj.) < Latin praedicātus; compare preach
1400–50; (noun) late Middle English (< Middle French predicat) < Medieval Latin praedicātum, noun use of neuter of Latin praedicātus, past participle of praedicāre to declare publicly, assert, equivalent to prae- pre- + dicā(re) to show, indicate, make known + -tus past participle suffix; (v. and adj.) < Latin praedicātus; compare preach
Related forms
pred·i·ca·tion, noun
pred·i·ca·tion·al, adjective
pred·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
non·pred·i·ca·tive, adjective
EXPANDnon·pred·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
sub·pred·i·cate, noun
sub·pred·i·ca·tion, noun
sub·pred·i·ca·tive, adjective
un·pred·i·cat·ed, adjective
un·pred·i·ca·tive, adjective
un·pred·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
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