PREDICABLE


Meaning of PREDICABLE in English

I. ˈpre-di-kə-bəl noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin praedicabile, from neuter of praedicabilis

Date: 1551

: something that may be predicated ; especially : one of the five most general kinds of attribution in traditional logic that include genus, species, difference, property, and accident

II. adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin praedicabilis, from Late Latin praedicare to predicate

Date: circa 1598

: capable of being asserted

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