¦ noun 'pr?d?k?t
1. Grammar the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home).
2. Logic something which is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition.
¦ verb 'pr?d?ke?t
1. Grammar & Logic state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
declare or assert as true or existing.
2. (predicate something on/upon) found or base something on.
Derivatives
predication noun
Origin
ME: from L. praedicatum 'something declared', neut. of praedicatus, from praedicare, from prae 'beforehand' + dicare 'make known'.