— predicability, predicableness , n. — predicably , adv.
/pred"i keuh beuhl/ , adj.
1. that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
n.
2. that which may be predicated; an attribute.
3. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.
[ 1545-55; praedicabilis assertable, L: praiseworthy, equiv. to praedica ( re ) to declare publicly (see PREDICATE) + -bilis -BLE ]