[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

predicate \pred"icate\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to found; to base. u.s.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster
see also:
predicated predicating preach 

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