Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Predicant

Pred″i‐cant (?), a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of praedicare. See Predicate.] Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. “The Roman predicant orders.”...

7319

Predicant (2)

Pred″i‐cant, n. One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.

7320

Predicate

Pred″i‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Predicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Predicating.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.] 1. To assert to...

7321

Predicate (2)

Pred″i‐cate, v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.

7322

Predicate (3)

Pred″i‐cate (?), n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. See Predicate, v. t.] 1. (Logic) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. I...

7323

Predicate (4)

Pred″i‐cate, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated.

7324

Predication

Pred′i‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F. prédication.] 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke.2. Preaching. Chaucer.

7325

Predicative

Pred″i‐ca‐tive (?), a. [L. praedicativus.] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. — Pred″i‐ca‐tive‐ly, adv.

7326

Predicatory

Pred″i‐ca‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. L. praedicatorius praising.] Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall.

7327

Predicrotic

Pre′di‐crot″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.The predicr...

7328

Predict

Pre‐dict″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n.Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. ...

7329

Predict (2)

Pre‐dict″, n. A prediction. Shak.

7330

Predictable

Pre‐dict″a‐ble (?), a. That may be predicted.

7331

Prediction

Pre‐dic″tion (?), n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. prédiction.] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.The predictions of cold and long winters. Bacon.Syn. — Pr...

7332

Predictional

Pre‐dic″tion‐al (?), a. Prophetic; prognostic.

7333

Predictive

Pre‐dict″ive (?), a. [L. praedictivus.] Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. — Pre‐dict″ive‐ly, adv.

7334

Predictor

Pre‐dict″or (?), n. One who predicts; a foreteller.

7335

Predictory

Pre‐dict″o‐ry (?), a. Predictive. Fuller.

7336

Predigest

Pre′di‐gest″ (?), v. t.(Med.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

7337

Predigestion

Pre′di‐ges″tion (?), n. 1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. Bacon.2. (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.

7338

Predilect

Pre′di‐lect″ (?), v. t. To elect or choose beforehand. Walter Harte.

7339

Predilection

Pre′di‐lec″tion (?), n. [Pref. pre- + L. dilectus, p. p. diligere to prefer: cf. F. prédilection. See Diligent.] A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something...

7340

Prediscover

Pre′dis‐cov″er (?), v. t. To discover beforehand.

7341

Prediscovery

Pre′dis‐cov″er‐y (?), n. A previous discovery.

7342

Predisponency

Pre′dis‐po″nen‐cy (?), n. The state of being predisposed; predisposition.

7343

Predisponent

Pre′dis‐po″nent (?), a. Disposing beforehand; predisposing. — n. That which predisposes.Predisponent causes. (Med.) See Predisposing causes, under Predispose. Dunglison.

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Predispose

Pre′dis‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Predisposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Predisposing.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a p...