predicate
-1 n. (அள.) பயனிலைமானம்., வாசகத்தின் பயனிலைப்பகுதி, குறித்து ஏற்றிக் கூறப்படுவது, (இலக்.) பயனிலை, வாசகத்தின் பயனிலைக்கூறு, குவ்ம்.-2 v. ஒன்றைப்பற்றி உள்ள செய்தியை உறுதிப்படுத்து, பண்பேற்றிக் கூறு, வற்புறுத்திக்கூற, (அள.) பயனிலைமானப்படுத்து, எழுவாய்மானத்தைப் பற்றி ஒன்றினை வலியுறவாகக் கூறு.
Synonyms
#verb assert, aver, affirm, declare, [see assert] #verb assert, aver, affirm, declare, [see assert]
Antonyms
#verb assert, aver, affirm, declare, [see assert] #verb assert, aver, affirm, declare, [see assert] #verb
Pred"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] Etym: [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. 2. 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. Pred"i*cate, v. i. Defn: To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale. Pred"i*cate, n. Etym: [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. See Predicate, v. t.] 1. (Logic) Defn: 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. 2. (Gram.) Defn: The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration. Pred"i*cate, a. Etym: [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Defn: Predicated. Pred"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] Etym: [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. 2. 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. Pred"i*cate, v. i. Defn: To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale. Pred"i*cate, n. Etym: [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. See Predicate, v. t.] 1. (Logic) Defn: 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. 2. (Gram.) Defn: The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration. Pred"i*cate, a. Etym: [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Defn: Predicated.