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English to English adjective
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Predicated. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula | | Example: `Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates
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one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition | | Example: The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'
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affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | | Example: The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
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involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | | Example: solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
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To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. | | source: webster1913
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To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. | | source: webster1913
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