Hypertext Webster Gateway: "predicable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Predicable \Pred"i*ca*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]dicable, L.
praedicabilis praiseworthy. See {Predicate}.]
Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something;
affirmable; attributable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Predicable \Pred"i*ca*ble\, n.
1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general
attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to,
many individuals.

2. (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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