predicate

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.
3. 3.(Logic) 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.
4. 4.(Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
5. 5.Predicated.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is the word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject called?