n.
Pronunciation: ' pre-d ə - ˌ k ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -cat · ed ; -cat · ing
Etymology: Late Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare to assert, predicate logically, preach, from Latin, to proclaim, assert ― more at PREACH
Date: circa 1552
1 a : AFFIRM , DECLARE b archaic : PREACH
2 a : to assert to be a quality, attribute, or property ― used with following of < predicate s intelligence of humans> b : to make (a term) the predicate in a proposition
3 : FOUND , BASE ― usually used with on <the theory is predicated on recent findings>
4 : IMPLY