PREDICABLE


Meaning of PREDICABLE in English

adj. & n.

--adj. that may be predicated or affirmed.

--n.

1. a predicable thing.

2 (in pl.) Logic the five classes to which predicates belong: genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Derivatives:

predicability n.

Etymology: med.L praedicabilis that may be affirmed (as PREDICATE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.