单词 | predicable |
释义 | pred·i·ca·ble (prĕdĭ-kə-bəl) adj. Capable of being stated or predicated: a predicable conclusion. n. Philosophy 1. Something, such as a general quality or attribute, that can be predicated. 2. One of the general attributes of a subject or class. In scholastic thought, the attributes are genus, species, property, differentia, and accident; in Aristotelian thought, they are definition, genus, proprium, and accident. [Late Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre, to proclaim publicly, preach, predicate; see PREACH.] pred′i·ca·bili·ty, predi·ca·ble·ness n. |
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