predicable

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pred=i=ca=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

predicable, a. [Cf. F. prédicable, L. praedicabilis praiseworthy. See Predicate.].

 Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.  [1913 Webster]

predicable, n. 

•  Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

predicable, adj. & n.
--adj. that may be predicated or affirmed.
--n.
1 a predicable thing.
2 (in pl.) Logic the five classes to which predicates belong: genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Derivative

predicability n.

Etymology

med.L praedicabilis that may be affirmed (as PREDICATE)

ROGET THESAURUS

predicable

Affirmation

N affirmance, affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment, confirmation, asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit, deposition, avouchment, assurance, protest, protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge, pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit, emphasis, weight, dogmatism, dogmatics, asserting, declaratory, predicatory, pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant, positive, certain, express, explicit, absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory, unretracted, predicable, affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth, egad, I assure you, by jingo, by Jove, by George, troth, seriously, sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured, yes, I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath, in fact, forsooth, joking apart, so help me God, not to mince the matter, quoth he, dixi.