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predictory, a.|prɪˈdɪktərɪ|
[f. predictor: see -ory2.]
Of or pertaining to a predictor; having the quality of predicting, predictive.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 48 They are..deceived, as well as deceiving, in their presaging or predictory suggestions. a1661Fuller Worthies, London (1662) ii. 217 Nicholas (Conquerour of his People) as his Font-name then given him, as predictory of those Victories he afterwards got. 1747Hervey Medit. II. 120, I shall scorn to ask..any predictory Information from such senseless Masses. 1849Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 198 Arguments against the possibility of predictory power. |