predicable
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
predicable (not comparable)
- Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
- (grammar, of an adjective) That may be used in the predicate of a sentence, especially following a form of the verb "to be".
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Noun[edit]
predicable (plural predicables)
- Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.
- (logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.
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External links[edit]
- predicable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- predicable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
