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Antepredicament
Antepredicament An`te*pre*dic"a*ment, n. (Logic)
A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments
and categories, such as definitions of common terms.
--Chambers.
Predicability
Predicability Pred`i*ca*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of
something, or attributed to something. --Reid.
Predicable
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.
Predicamental
Predicamental Pre*dic`a*men"tal, a.
Of or pertaining to a predicament. --John Hall (1646).
PredicantPredicant Pred"i*cant, a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of
praedicare. See Predicate.]
Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence;
preaching. ``The Roman predicant orders.' --N. Brit. Rev. Predicant
Predicant Pred"i*cant, n.
One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a
preaching friar; a Dominican.
predicantBlack friar Black" fri`ar (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant
and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine. PredicatePredicate 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. Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, v. i.
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
--Sir M. Hale.
Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.]
Predicated.
PredicatedPredicate 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. PredicatingPredicate 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. PredicativePredicative Pred"i*ca*tive, a. [L. praedicativus.]
Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming;
predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly,
adv. PredicativelyPredicative Pred"i*ca*tive, a. [L. praedicativus.]
Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming;
predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly,
adv. Predicatory
Predicatory Pred"i*ca*to*ry, a. [Cf. L. praedicatorius
praising.]
Affirmative; positive. --Bp. Hall.
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