Hypertext Webster Gateway: "predication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Predication \Pred`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F.
pr['e]dication.]
1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of
another; affirmation; assertion. --Locke.
2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
predication
n : a declaration of something self-evident; something that can
be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: {postulation}]
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