predicate

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: pred=i=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

predicate, v. t. [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.].

•  To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.  [1913 Webster]
•  To found; to base.  [1913 Webster]

  " 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.  [1913 Webster]

predicate, v. i. 

 To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.  Sir M. Hale.  [1913 Webster]

predicate, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. See Predicate, v. t.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration.

predicate, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.].

 Predicated.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

predicate, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 assert or affirm as true or existent.
2 (foll. by on) found or base (a statement etc.) on.
--n.
1 Gram. what is said about the subject of a sentence etc. (e.g. went home in John went home).
2 Logic a what is predicated. b what is affirmed or denied of the subject by means of the copula (e.g. mortal in all men are mortal).

Derivative

predication n.

Etymology

L praedicare praedicat- proclaim (as PRAE-, dicare declare)

THESAURUS

predicate

IC analysis, advance, affirm, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allege, announce, announcement, annunciate, annunciation, appositive, argue, assert, assertion, assever, asseverate, asseveration, attribute, attributive, aver, averment, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, bottom, complement, conclusion, construction modifier, contend, creed, cutting, declaration, declare, deep structure, depose, dictum, direct object, enunciate, enunciation, establish, express, filler, form-function unit, found, function, ground, have, hold, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, insist, ipse dixit, issue a manifesto, lay down, levels, maintain, manifesto, modifier, object, phrase structure, pose, posit, position, position paper, positive declaration, postulate, predication, proclaim, proclamation, profess, profession, pronounce, pronouncement, propose, proposition, propound, protest, protestation, put, put it, qualifier, ranks, rest, say, say-so, saying, set down, set forth, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, speak, speak out, speak up, stance, stand, stand for, stand on, state, statement, stay, strata, structure, subject, submit, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, underlying structure, utterance, vouch, word, word arrangement, word order

ROGET THESAURUS

predicate

Rite

VB perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle, anoint, confirm, lay hands on, give the sacrament, administer the sacrament, administer extreme unction, hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive, excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle, attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass, take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion, communicate, receive extreme unction, confess, go to confession, receive penance, anele, preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture.

Affirmation

VB assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.