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Predicating
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.

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- predicate or predication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicate or predication may refer to: Predicate (grammar), in linguistics Predication (philosophy)...
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- In computer programming, predicate dispatch is a generalisation of multiple dispatch ("multimethods") that allows the method to call to be selected at...
- Predication in philosophy refers to an act of judgement where one term is subsumed under another. A comprehensive conceptualization describes it as the...