Definition of predicate

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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..

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Predicate :: Predicate (a.) Predicated.
Himself :: Himself (pron.) An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself..
Clause :: Clause (n.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
Sorites :: Sorites (n.) An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition.
Predicant :: Predicant (n.) One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican..
Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form..
Thy :: Thy (pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine..
Converse :: Converse (n.) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue..
Ourselves :: Ourselves (pron.) ; sing. Ourself (/). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case..
Predicate :: Predicate (v. i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
Magnitude :: Magnitude (n.) Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like..
Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow..
Subject :: Subject (a.) That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb..
Copulate :: Copulate (a.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
Yourself :: Yourself (pron.) An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself..
Term :: Term (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice..
Herself :: Herself (pron.) An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself..
Be :: Be (v. i.) To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is t
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